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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009 Jan 19;17(7):917–922. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.01.002

Table 2.

Modified Mankin scores of mouse TM joints

Time point of
post-surgery		 Sham Discectomy
No. of individual animals No. of individual animals
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aver. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aver.
4 weeks 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0.38 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1.13*
8 weeks 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.38 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3.24*
12 weeks 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0.75 7 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 5.88*
16 weeks 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0.63 7 6 8 6 6 7 6 6 6.50*
*

p value < 0.001

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