Effect of Heated Needle on the Pathological Changes of Articular Cartilage in Mice with Experimental Knee Osteoarthritis
- VernacularTitle:火针对实验性小鼠膝骨关节炎关节软骨病理改变的影响
- Author:
Guohua LIN
;
Wanyao LI
;
Guolong SU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
ARTHRITISS, EXPERIMENTAL/acup-mox therapy;
ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL/pathology;
HEATED NEEDLE THERAPY;
DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL;
MICE
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2004;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
[Objective] To observe the effect of heated needle on the pathological changes of articular cartilage in mice with experimental knee osteoarthritis (OA). [ Methods ] Sixty-four NIH mice were randomly divided into 4 groups: heated needle group, electro-acupuncture (EA) group, model group and normal control group, 16 mice in each group. The mice models with knee OA were made with Xie's method, and then were treated for 2 weeks according to the experimental design. [Results] After treatment, the movable angle of right back knee in mice was increased in heated needle group and EA group ( P
