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Fig. 9 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 9

From: Forced treadmill running reduces systemic inflammation yet worsens upper limb discomfort in a rat model of work-related musculoskeletal disorders

Fig. 9

Heat map of correlations between the various serum inflammatory markers and corticosterone assayed. As shown on key on the right, blue indicates the strongest positive correlations, while red indicates the strongest negative correlations. We observed strong positive associations between IL-1α and IL-6 (r = 0.80), and IL-1β and TNFα (r = 0.97), as well as a moderate positive association between IL-10 and corticosterone (r = 0.68). The weak negative correlation observed between IL-1α and corticosterone (r = − 0.34) was not significant (p = 0.26)

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