[Effects of acupotomy on partial movement gait and serum tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β in patients with knee osteoarthritis].

Objective: To explore effects of acupotomy on pain, function, gait and serum inflammatory factors in patients with knee osteoarthritis(KOA).

Methods: From December 2017 to June 2019, 110 patients with KOA were collected and divided into acupotomy group(56 cases) and western medicine group(54 cases) by using random number table method. In acupotomy group, there were 16 males and 40 females, aged from 46 to 74 years old with an average of (62.

[Experimental study on improvement of blood supply timeliness of rabbits with vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis by massage].

Objective: Establishing a rabbit model of vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis(CSA) and to observe the characteristics of timeliness in improving the blood flow of vertebral artery by massage, and discusse the material basis of this timeliness based on NPY and ET-1.

Methods: Fifty New Zealand healthy and white rabbits, 6-month-old, the body mass of (2.0±0.