Table 1.

The basic characteristics of patients.

	ESWT	Corticosteroid injections	p-value
Clinical parameters	(N=47)	(N=50)
Age (mean±SD)	54.53±8.62	54.58 ±8.63	0.834a
Range
Gender
Female	26 (55.3)	28 (56.0)	0.946b
Male	21 (44.7)	22 (44.0)
Leg
Left	23 (48.9)	24 (48.0)	0.927b
Right	24 (51.1)	26 (52.0)
Duration of symptoms (weeks)	7.94±2.92	8.06 ±2.87	0.834a

ESWT: extracorporeal shock wave therapy.

^aIndependent t-test for p-value.

^bPearson Chi-square (x2) test for p-value.