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. 2018 Oct 1;13(10):e0204872. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204872

Table 2. Demographics of HCP responding to the survey (n = 329).

Medical Doctors
N = 27
Physiotherapists
N = 148
Chiropractors
N = 14
Athletic Therapists
N = 85
Other
N = 55
Sex (%)
    Females 44.4 62.8 50.0 61.2 67.3
    Males 55.6 37.2 50.0 38.8 32.7
Age (years) 46.5 ± 12.6 39.0 ± 10.2 37.6 ± 8.6 36.2 ± 10.4 37.7 ± 13.4
Primary area of practice (%)
    Orthopaedics 7.4 68.9 0 17.6 21.8
    Rheumatology 7.4 4.1 0 0 1.8
    General practice 14.8 4.1 14.3 22.4 14.5
    Sports medicine 55.6 10.8 57.1 45.9 16.4
    Other 14.8 12.2 28.6 14.1 45.5
Years of professional practice (%)
    < 1 year 0 3.4 7.1 10.6 16.4
    At least 1 year, but less than 3 years 14.8 8.8 7.1 11.8 16.4
    At least 3 years, but less than 5 years 3.7 8.1 7.1 12.9 7.3
    At least 5 years, but less than 10 years 18.5 15.5 21.4 22.4 18.2
    At least 10 years, but less than 20 years 22.2 36.5 42.9 24.7 21.8
    > 20 years 40.7 27.7 14.3 17.6 20.0
Diagnosed with KOA (%) 18.5 5.4 7.1 7.1 5.5
History of running (%)
    Currently runs regularly (>1 / week) 48.1 66.2 78.6 23.5 61.8
    Currently runs infrequently (<1 / week) 11.1 5.4 7.1 14.1 7.3
    Not currently running but ran in the past 29.6 18.9 14.3 43.5 25.5
    Never ran regularly or infrequently 11.1 9.5 0 18.8 5.5