Research Article
Effect of Warm Acupuncture Combined with Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplantation on Cartilage Tissue in Rabbit Knee Osteoarthritis
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Experimental design. (a) The right hind limb of rabbits was positioned by plaster immobilization for 6 weeks. After the KOA model was built successfully, each intervention group was given different intervention in the same experimental environment, with 7 days as one course of treatment and the total of 2 courses. The next day after the treatment, knee joint structure and function were evaluated. (b) Photo of the 3rd-generation BMSCs under a light microscope. (c) Photo of warm acupuncture treatment. (d) Rabbits were injected with BMSCs in articular cavity.
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