Table 5.

Participation and distribution in varying sports/athletic activities following total lumbar disc replacement

Athletic activity/sport	Primary sport		Secondary sport		Total
	n	% of patients	n	% of patients	n	% of all patients
Cycling	13	33.3	13	33.3	26	66.7
Running	7	17.9	8	20.5	15	38.5
Fitness/gym	9	23.1	5	12.8	14	35.9
Mountaineering/rock climbing	3	7.7	8	20.5	11	28.2
Swimming	2	5.1	7	17.9	9	23.1
Skiing/snowboarding	4	10.3	4	10.3	8	20.5
Nordic walking	1	2.6	5	12.8	6	15.4
Tennis	2	5.1	3	7.7	5	12.8
Inline skating			5	12.8	5	12.8
Soccer	3	7.7	1	2.6	4	10.3
Dancing (Ballet, belly dancing)	2	5.1	2	5.1	4	10.3
Cross-country skiing			3	7.7	3	7.7
Horse riding	3	7.7			3	7.7
Golf	2	5.1	1	2.6	3	7.7
Badminton	1	2.6	1	2.6	2	5.1
Scuba diving	1	2.6	1	2.6	2	5.1
Table Tennis			2	5.1	2	5.1
Aerobics	1	2.6			1	2.6
Archery	1	2.6			1	2.6
Wild-water rafting/sea kajaking	1	2.6			1	2.6
Cross-country motor cycling (Enduro)	1	2.6			1	2.6
Parachute Jumping			1	2.6	1	2.6
Volleyball			1	2.6	1	2.6
Squash			1	2.6	1	2.6
Trampoline jumping			1	2.6	1	2.6
Diving			1	2.6	1	2.6
Archery			1	2.6	1	2.6
Total	55		75		130