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. 2016 Jan 22;34(6):433–440. doi: 10.1136/acupmed-2015-010934

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Measurements of: (A) pulmonary resistance (RL) over time; (B) eosinophil count (EOS); and (C) serum corticosterone concentrations, in 10 healthy rats (Control group), 17 rats sensitised to ovalbumin after sham adrenalectomy (SADX+OVA group), and 60 adrenalectomised rats sensitised to ovalbumin and treated with manual acupuncture (ADX+OVA+MA group, n=20), subjected to manual restraint without needling (ADX+OVA+MR group, n=20) or left untreated (ADX+OVA group, n=20) before ovalbumin challenge to model asthma. Data are mean±SEM. ∗p<0.05 ADX+OVA versus Control groups. Δp<0.05 ADX+OVA+MA versus ADX+OVA groups. #p<0.05, ADX+OVA+MR versus ADX+OVA groups.