The Combination of Electroacupuncture and Massage Therapy Alleviates Myofibroblast Transdifferentiation and Extracellular Matrix Production in Blunt Trauma-Induced Skeletal Muscle Fibrosis

Figure 3

The apoptosis of myofibroblast in the skeletal muscle fibrosis rats. (a) Rat treated without blunt trauma to skeletal muscle (control group). (b) Rat treated after blunt trauma to skeletal muscle (model group). (c) Rat treated with massage therapy after blunt trauma to skeletal muscle (massage therapy group). (d) Rat treated with electroacupuncture therapy after blunt trauma to skeletal muscle (electroacupuncture therapy group). (e) Rat treated with the combination of continuous massage and electroacupuncture therapy after blunt trauma to skeletal muscle (the combination treatment group). The orange was α-SMA, and the DAPI (blue) was used to stain the cell nucleus. The apoptosis of myofibroblast was observed with the TUNEL assay kit (green).