Purpose: To study the influence of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy on osteoarthritis of knees in rabbits.
Methods: The tibial collateral ligament, anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament and medial meniscus of the left knee in 12 adult New Zealand rabbits were sectioned to produce model of OA; the animals were then randomly divided into test-group and model-group. Acupuncture and moxibustion therapy were given to the animals in the test group for 6 weeks after surgery. Then the...