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Table 2 Patients characteristics

From: Low-dose radiation treatment for painful plantar enthesophyte: a highly effective therapy with little side effects

Criteria

No. of patients

(%)

Patients

102

100

 Female

74

71.8

 Male

28

27.2

Spurs

117

100

 Right-sided

55

54.1

 Left-sided

32

31.6

 Bilateral

15

14.3

Pre-treatment

134

100

 Orthopedic insoles

48

35.8

 Corticoid infiltrations

25

18.6

 Antiphlogistics (oral)

34

25.3

 Physiotherapy

3

2.2

 Shockwave therapy

6

4.5

 Massage

5

3.7

 Ultrasound therapy

4

2.9

 Antiphlogistics (ointment)

5

3.7

 Corticosteroids (oral)

2

1.5

 Surgical therapy

2

1.5