Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Painful plantar heel spur treatment with Co-60 teletherapy: factors influencing treatment outcome
Patient characteristics | Mean ± SD or n (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 57 ± 7,9 |
Gender | |
Females | 53 (85.5) |
Males | 9 (14.5) |
Location of the heel spur | |
Right | 17 (27.4) |
Left | 16 (25.8) |
Bilateral | 29 (46.8) |
Prior therapies | |
Medical | 22 (35.5) |
Physical therapy | 13 (21) |
Surgery | 6 (9.7) |
Medical + physical therapy | 13 (21) |
PFPT | 3.5 ± 0,8 |
Böhler’s angle | 30 ± 5,2 |
VAS scores | |
Before radiotherapy | 7.40 ±1.42 |
After radiotherapy | 2.15 ± 3 |