Table 1 -.

Weekly periodicity of pain symptoms in group 1 (conventional physiotherapy) and group 2 (shockwave physiotherapy) before treatment, immediately afterwards, and three months later

Weekly frequency of pain	Group 1 (n = 16)			Group 2 (n = 16)
	Evaluation 1	Evaluation 2	Evaluation 3	Evaluation 1	Evaluation 2	Evaluation 3
Without pain	0 (0%)	5 (31%)	7 (44%)	0 (0%)	6 (37%)	6 (37%)
Pain once a week	0 (0%)	2 (13%)	3 (19%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (6%)
Pain twice or more per week	16 (100%)	9 (56%)	6 (37%)	16 (100%)	10 (63%)	9 (56%)
p*		0.001			0.008

^*Friedman test – intragroup evaluation. ANOVA – intergroup evaluation – p > 0.05(N.S.). Group 1 = ten physiotherapy sessions (ultrasound and kinesiotherapy); Group 2 = three sessions of shockwave therapy. Evaluation 1 – before treatment; Evaluation 2 = immediately after treatment; Evaluation 3 = three months after treatment