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Table 1 Visual histological grading system

From: Effect of electromagnetic fields on human osteoarthritic and non-osteoarthritic chondrocytes

 

A

B

C

total

OA

 EMF 0 mT

1

1

1

3

 EMF 5 mT

2

2

1

5

 EMF 8 mT

1

1

1

3

Non-OA

 EMF 0 mT

2

2

3

7

 EMF 5 mT

2

2

3

7

 EMF 8 mT

2

2

3

7

  1. Three categories were evaluated: A intensity of safranin-O staining, B distance between cells/amount of matrix that was accumulated and C cell morphologies represented