Research progress on mechanism of acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis
Knee osteoarthritis(KOA)is a common degenerative joint disease mainly manifested by joint pain and dysfunction,and chronic low-grade inflammation plays a core role.Acupuncture treatment is widely used in clinical treatment and has a remarkable therapeutic effect,but the specific mechanism of action is still not clear.The mechanism of acupuncture alleviating the inflammatory response of KOA involves macrophages,cytokines,intestinal flora,and inflammatory signal pathway,etc.This paper summarizes in recent years about acupuncture alleviating KOA inflammatory response related literature,reduce KOA inflammatory mechanism of acupuncture,in order to provide the basis for clinical treatment.