Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Patients with Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy in Long or Short Course

Table 2

Baseline features in patients with chronic Achilles tendinopathy before PSM.

Characteristics	ST group ()	LT group ()	t ()
Gender [ (%)]
Male	25 (55.6)	6 (29.6)	4.186	0.041
Female	20 (44.4)	15 (71.4)
Sports [ (%)]
Yes	28 (62.2)	10 (47.6)	1.25	0.264
No	17 (37.8)	11 (52.4)
Sides [ (%)]
Superiority	26 (57.8)	12 (57.1)	0.002	0.961
Nonsuperiority	19 (42.2)	9 (42.9)
Type [ (%)]
Insertion	17 (37.8)	7 (33.3)	0.122	0.727
Noninsertion	28 (62.2)	14 (66.7)
BMI			-2.317	0.024
Age ()			-1.754	0.084
AOFAS			0.288	0.774
VAS			1.431	0.157

Compared with ST group, the difference is significant, .