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 4

Within-group differences for NPRS and CMS.

	Mean rank	Chi-square	df	value
NPRS (baseline)	2.91	69.208	2	<0.0001
NPRS (6^th week)	2.00
NPRS (12^th week)	1.09
CMS (baseline)	1.00	80.000	2	<0.0001
CMS (6^th week)	2.00
CMS (12^th week)	3.00

NPRS: numeric pain rating scale; CMS: Constant and Murley score; ESWT±RPT: extracorporeal shockwave therapy and routine physiotherapy group; RPT: routine physiotherapy group. value: ≤0.05 considered significant.