Acupotomy alleviates knee osteoarthritis in rabbit by regulating chondrocyte mitophagy Pink1-Parkin pathway.

Objective: To investigate the effect of acupotomy, on mitophagy and the Pink1-Parkin pathway in chondrocytes from rabbits with knee osteoarthritis (KOA).

Methods: A KOA model was established the modified Videman method. Rabbits were randomly divided into a control group (CON), KOA group and KOA + acupotomy group (Acu).