Table 1.

Characteristics of the patients in the extracorporeal shock wave therapy group (ESWT) and the conservative therapy group (control)

	ESWT (n = 55)	Control (n = 31)
BMI	26.3 ± 3.8	25.7 ±3.6
Age, years	59.8 ± 11.7	61.1 ±13.71
Time from symptom onset to treatment initiation, weeks	6.9 ± 7.3	6.2 ±8.1
Gender
Female	33 (60%)	21 (67.7%)
Male	22 (40%)	10 (32.3%)
Site of the BME
Medial femoral condyle	27 (49.1%)	17 (54.8%)
Medial tibial plateau	28 (50.9%)	14 (45.2%)

One male patient in the control group did not present at the final follow-up.