KOA vs. HCs
KOA knee pain, KOA
KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS, CORTEX
Compared with HCs, KOA knee pain patients showed increased vlPAG rs‐FC with bilateral thalamus (Figure Comparisons of vlPAG seed and control seeds, and vlPAG rs‐FC between KOA and HCs. (A) The right vlPAG (The vlPAG rs‐FC in KOA knee pain patients and the modulation effects in different groups.
Abbreviations: AG, acupuncture group (verum + sham); B, bilateral; DLPFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; HCs, healthy controls; KOA, knee osteoarthritis; L, left side; R, right; rs‐FC, resting state functional connectivity; SA, sham acupuncture group; SC, celecoxib group; VA, verum acupuncture group; WL, waiting list group.