Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Disuse Osteoarthritis: An Ultrasound Biomicroscopic Study of Patellar Articular Cartilage in Rats

<table>Schematic of the experiment protocol: rats in group C under normal gravity, rats in group T suspended in cage by wrapping the tail with an angle of 30° between the rat body and the cage floor, and rats in group L suspended as rats in group T and daily treated by laser acupuncture at Zu San Li (ST-36) and Yong Quang (KI-1) acupoints.</table>

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Figure 1: Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Disuse Osteoarthritis: An Ultrasound Biomicroscopic Study of Patellar Articular Cartilage in Rats 