Table 1. The Comparison of the Demographic Information Between the Studied Groups.
| Variables | Groups | P-value | |
| Dry needling (n=20) | Shockwave (n=20) | ||
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Female | 15±75 | 15±75 | >0.999* |
| Male | 5±25 | 5±25 | |
| Age, mean±SD | 49.1±12.31 | 54.55±16.52 | 0.24** |
| Body mass index, mean±SD | 26.68±3.47 | 25.25±3.76 | 0.22** |
| Duration of the ITBS, mean±SD | 22±34.58 | 11.7±19.88 | 0.11£ |
* Fisher's Exact Test; ** T-test; £ Mann-Whitney