Table 5.

Assessment of pain intensity according to the Laitinen scale before and after therapy in the compared groups.

Group	Measure	Before Therapy	After Therapy	Effect Size	p-Level (before vs. after)
ESWT-alone	Me (IQR)	10 (7–12)	2 (0–3)	0.8402	<0.0001
	Min–Max	6–13	0–6
ESWT-plus	Me (IQR)	9 (7.5–10)	1 (0–2)	0.8860	<0.0001
	Min–Max	7–11	0–3

p-level (group comparison): before therapy: 0.8840; after therapy: 0.9687.