Acupotomy Contributes to Suppressing Subchondral Bone Resorption in KOA Rabbits by Regulating the OPG/RANKL Signaling Pathway

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Acupotomy intervention alleviated KOA cartilage damage. (a) (b) Staining of cartilage with Safranin O-Fast green (magnification × 400). A1: 4w control group, A2: 4w model group, A3: 4w acupotomy group, A4: 4w electroacupuncture group; B1: 6w control group, B2: 6w model group, B3: 6w acupotomy group, B4: 6w electroacupuncture group. (c) Analysis of the Mankin score. Values are means ± SEMs. n = 6 per group. Compared with the corresponding control group:  < 0.05 and  < 0.01; compared with the corresponding model group: ^# < 0.05 and ^## < 0.01; compared with the corresponding electroacupuncture group: ^▲ < 0.05 and ^▲▲ < 0.01.

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