Demographic data
Occupation | n=237 | Gender (n=236) | Age (n=237) | Working with athletes (%) (n=233) | Years of experience in current occupation (%) (n=236) | Assessed VDJ test before (%) (n=237) | |||||||||
Male | Female | Mean (SD) | Yes | Within the last 5 years | Within the last 10 years | No | 0–2 | 3–5 | 5–8 | 8–12 | 12+ | Yes | No | ||
Physician* | 20 | 13 | 7 | 43.8 (11.9) | 65 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 25 | 75 |
Certified athletic trainer | 15 | 11 | 4 | 40.2 (8.3) | 87 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 27 | 47 | 53 | 47 |
Coach | 20 | 14 | 6 | 40.8 (11.4) | 85 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 30 | 45 | 55 |
Strength/conditioning coach | 12 | 10 | 2 | 31.5 (8.0) | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 75 | 25 |
Physical therapist† | 110 | 71 | 38 | 35.3 (9.8) | 76 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 66 | 34 |
Researcher‡ | 34 | 24 | 10 | 38.0 (10.7) | 47 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 35 | 53 | 47 |
Student | 19 | 11 | 8 | 25.4 (4.3) | 47 | 37 | 5 | 11 | 63 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 79 |
Other | 7 | 5 | 2 | 33.9 (9.9) | 86 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 14 | 71 | 29 |
Total | 237 | 159 | 77 | 36.2 | 168 | 38 | 5 | 22 | 36 | 56 | 47 | 32 | 66 | 131 | 106 |
*Working within general practice (n=4), sports medicine (n=12) and orthopaedics (n=4).
†Working in private clinic (n=72), hospital inpatient/outpatient (n=16), municipality physiotherapist (n=5), rehabilitation clinic (n=15).
‡Working with ACL-related research: n=14.
VDJ, vertical drop jump.