Explanation of Seman Analysis Results

 

1. LIQUIFACTION: Should be complete by 1 hour

2. VISCOSITY: 3 - 4 normal; 2 borderline; 1 undesirable

3. VOLUME: 1.0 - 5.0ml

4. COUNT: Minimum of 20 million cell/ml

5. MOTILITY: Initial should be at least 50%

6. FORWARD PROGRESSION:
    0 - 1 - No forward movement or sperm are "shaking"
    2 - Poor
    3 - Sperm have good direction - this is acceptable
    4 - Sperm have excellent forward progression

7. SPEED:
    0 - 1 - No speed, sperm have no movement or are "shaking"
    2 - Sperm are sluggish
    3 - Sperm have good speed - This is acceptable
    4 - Sperm have excellent speed

(Note: Forward Progression and Speed are two separate scores.)

8. SURVIVABILITY:
Specimen should show good motility after 6 hours of incubation. A loss of 20% or more of initial motility score can be indicative of a problem.

9. HYPERACTIVITY:
Sperm should exhibit a sporadic, almost spastic movement during their swimming at 6 hours.
Hyperactivity is correlated to capacitation - necessary for fertilization.

10. SWIM-UP:
     2 - 3mm rise at 30 minutes----poor
     3 - 4mm rise at 30 minutes----fair
     4 - 5mm rise at 30 minutes----good
     6mm or greater rise at 30 minutes----excellent

11. AGGLUTINATION:
     slight---acceptable
     low to moderate---should be investigated
     heavy---definite problem, possible antibodies

12. MORPHOLOGY:
At least 14% normal cells (Kruger strict criteria). Less than 14% has shown to have a decreased rate of fertilization in IVF studies