Tuina Intervention in Sodium Monoiodoacetate Injection-Induced Rat Model of Knee OsteoarthritisYifei Xu *1, Xuanying Zhu *2, Xinrong Li *3, Yuxiang Lu *4, Jiangwei Wu 3, Weimin Cai 3, Juanjuan Zheng 3, Zhiwei Wu 5, Guangxin Guo 3,6
1Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 3School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 5Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 6Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
This protocol describes the methods of Tuina intervention in sodium monoiodoacetate injection-induced rat model of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), which provides a reference for the application of Tuina in KOA animal models. This protocol also studies the effective mechanism of Tuina for KOA, and the results will help promote its application.
