Purpose To determine if any single abnormal semen parameter is associated with low
hypoosmotic swelling (HOS) test scores. Methods A retrospective review evaluating males …

Purpose To determine if sperm motility and hypo-osmotic swelling (HOS) test scores are
associated. Furthermore the study would determine if the chance of having a subnormal …

Purpose To compare subgroups of the human sperm hypoosmotic swelling test subgroups
in both recurrent fertilization negative infertile cases with normal semen analysis and …

Purpose To determine if there is an increased frequency of abnormal hypoosmotic swelling
(HOS) tests when testing semen in males of advanced reproductive age. Methods Ten-year …

The simple hypo-osmotic swelling test (HOS) has been proposed as a replacement for the
labor-intensive sperm penetration assay (SPA), but its reliability is still controversial. To …

Objective: To determine whether there is any association between sperm membrane
integrity as determined by the hypo-osmotic swelling test score and unexplained recurrent …

Purpose To determine if males with low hypoosmotic swelling (HOS) test scores may have
normal vitality tests. Methods Retrospective nine-year review of initial semen analyses …

The ability of the hypoosmotic sperm swelling (HOS) test to identify nonfertilizing sperm
samples in a group of 50 couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) was investigated. The …

The hypo‐osmotic swelling (HOS) test has been proposed as a useful assay in the
diagnosis of the infertile male. A good correlation between the HOS test and the sperm …

Purpose: To review the clinical importance of including the hypo-osmotic swelling (HOS) test
in routine male fertility testing which in general is not evaluated by most physicians dealing …