Investigation of Electroacupuncture and Manual Acupuncture on Carnitine and Glutathione in Muscle

Table 1

Comparison of carnitine and glutathione contents in muscle tissues between three groups (mean ± standard error, μmol/g).

Groups	Carnitine	Glutathione
Electrocupuncture group	363.33 ± 46.33	34.11 ± 2.03^a
Manual acupuncture group	654.17 ± 50.52^b,a	31.38 ± 1.34^a
Normal control group	346.67 ± 53.41	26.79 ± 3.18

^aP < .001 versus normal control group; ^bP < .001 versus electroacupuncture group.