Utility of Ultrasonography in Assessing the Effectiveness of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy

Table 1

Outcome after therapy.

Variables	Baseline	Week 4		Week 12
VISA-A scores			0.00		0.00
Thickness of the Achilles tendon (mm)			NS		NS
CSA of the Achilles tendon (mm^2)			NS		NS
Size of calcification (mm)			0.00		0.00
Structure scores			NS		NS
Neovascularization scores			0.00		0.00

Note. Values are the mean ± SD; P value, comparison of data before and after treatment. less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. NS: not significant.