Clinical Study
Success and Recurrence Rate after Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Plantar Fasciopathy: A Retrospective Study
Table 3
Patients characteristics based on recurrence.
| | Variable | Recurrence | (feet) | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Median | Mean rank |
| | Age | No (recurrence) | 68 | 46.7 | 11.2 | 18 | 75 | 47 | 36.8 | | Yes (recurrence) | 6 | 51.0 | 9.3 | 40 | 60 | 53 | 45.3 |
| | Pretreatment pain duration (months) | No (recurrence) | 68 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 35.2 | | Yes (recurrence) | 6 | 32.5 | 17.6 | 9 | 60 | 36 | 63.9 |
| | Total number of rESWT sessions | No (recurrence) | 68 | 6.4 | 1.7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 35.9 | | Yes (recurrence) | 6 | 8.0 | 1.4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 55.4 |
| | Baseline VAS | No (recurrence) | 68 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 35.6 | | Yes (recurrence) | 6 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 59.3 |
| | One-year follow-up VAS | No (recurrence) | 68 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 34.5 | | Yes (recurrence) | 6 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 71.5 |
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