Table 1.

Study sample with details of the treated diseases and degree of injury

Treated lesions	Patients no.	No. according to gender (mean age)		Degree of injury
		Male	Female
Supraspinatus tendon injury	49	21 (64)	28 (62)	Tendinopaty	22%
				Chronic tendinopaty	24%
				partial rupture	31%
				Sub-total rupture	6%
				Total rupture	16%
Gonarthritis	37	9 (58)	28 (68)
Achilles tendon injury	20	17 (47)	3 (45)	Tendinopaty	40%
				Chronic tendinopaty	10%
				Partial rupture	40%
				Sub-total rupture
				Total rupture	10%
Muscle injury	12	11 (44)	1 (66)	Distraction muscle	42%
				Muscle tear	8%
				Focal muscle tear	50%
Meniscopathy	5	2 (46)	3 (51)
Coxarthritis	3	1 (54)	2 (57)
Plantar fascia injury	3	3 (44)
Patellar tendon injury	3	3 (50)
Estensopatia patellar tendon	2	2 (45)
Shoulder arthritis	1	1 (55)
Epicondylitis	1	1 (51)
Hallux flexor tendon injury	1	1 (51)
Other	4	2 (47)	2 (42)