Effects of High-Energy Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Pain, Functional Disability, Quality of Life, and Ultrasonographic Changes in Patients with Calcified Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy
Table 3
Between-group differences for NPRS, CMS, US, and WORC.
Groups
Mean
Standard deviation
Mean rank
value
NPRS (baseline)
ESWT+RPT group
20
7.8
1.36
19.75
0.677
RPT group
20
7.9
1.20
21.25
NPRS (6th week)
ESWT+RPT group
20
5.0
1.62
16.68
0.035
RPT group
20
6.0
1.48
24.33
NPRS (12th week)
ESWT+RPT group
20
3.3
1.78
19.03
0.041
RPT group
20
4.75
1.94
21.98
CMS (baseline)
ESWT+RPT group
20
35.8
13.44
21.90
0.448
RPT group
20
34.3
13.98
19.10
CMS (6th week)
ESWT+RPT group
20
54.5
11.64
20.85
0.850
RPT group
20
55.8
16.09
20.15
CMS (12th week)
ESWT+RPT group
20
75.2
13.35
21.53
0.057
RPT group
20
72.4
15.45
19.48
US (pretreatment)
ESWT+RPT group
20
13.8
1.21
18.50
0.082
RPT group
20
14.4
0.00
22.50
US (posttreatment)
ESWT+RPT group
20
12.46
2.00
20.30
0.035
RPT group
20
12.4
1.55
20.70
WORC (pretreatment)
ESWT+RPT group
20
37.1
14.35
20.93
0.817
RPT group
20
36.9
13.90
20.08
WORC (posttreatment)
ESWT+RPT group
20
70.55
15.26
21.25
0.038
RPT group
20
67.9
16.1
19.75
NPRS: numeric pain rating scale; CMS: Constant and Murley score; US: ultrasound findings; WORC: Western Ontario rotator cuff index; value: ≤0.05 considered significant; ESWT±RPT: extracorporeal shockwave therapy and routine physiotherapy group; RPT: routine physiotherapy group.
