Characteristics of the participants completing the online survey and attending the consensus meeting
| Characteristic | Survey | Meeting | ||
| Healthcare professionals | Patients | Healthcare professionals | Patients | |
| N | 28 | 31 | 15 | 2 |
| Sex: female | 10 (36) | 24 (77) | 6 (40) | 1 (50) |
| Age: median (IQR; min–max) years | 53 (43–59; 29–64) | 53 (32–61; 18–71) | 46 (40–55; 29–64) | 43 (36–49; 30–55) |
| Role | ||||
| Clinician only | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 |
| Researcher/scientist only | 5 (18) | 0 | 3 (20) | 0 |
| Clinician and researcher | 23 (82) | 0 | 12 (80) | 0 |
| Neither clinician nor researcher/scientist | 0 | 28 (97) | 0 | 2 (100) |
| Tendinopathy cases per month | NA | NA | ||
| None | 5 (18) | 3 (20) | ||
| At least 4 | 1 (4) | 1 (6.7) | ||
| Between 5 and 10 | 2 (7) | 2 (13.3) | ||
| Between 11 and 15 | 7 (25) | 6 (40) | ||
| More than 16 | 13 (46) | 3 (20) | ||
| Years managing tendon problems | /27 | NA | NA | |
| None | 0 | 1 (6.7) | ||
| At least 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Between 5 and 10 | 2 (4) | 3 (20) | ||
| Between 11 and 15 | 6 (22) | 3 (20) | ||
| More than 16 | 19 (70) | 8 (53.3) | ||
| Highest academic qualification | /26 | |||
| Undergraduate diploma/certificate | 0 | 5 (16) | 0 | 0 |
| Bachelor | 0 | 14 (45) | 0 | 1 (50) |
| Master | 1 (4) | 4 (13) | 0 | 1 (50) |
| PhD | 23 (88) | 5 (16) | 13 (86.7) | 0 |
| Clinical doctorate | 2 (8) | 0 | 1 (6.7) | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 3 (10) | 1 (6.7) | 0 |
| Healthcare profession (some cited more than one) | ˆ | |||
| Physiotherapy | 13 (40.6) | 9 (56) | ||
| Sports and exercise medicine physician | 8 (28.6) | 3 (18.8) | ||
| Orthopaedic surgery | 4 (12.5) | 0 (0) | ||
| Rheumatology | 3 (9.4) | 1 (6.3) | ||
| Radiology | 1 (3.1) | 1 (6.3) | ||
| Human movement science | 1 (3.1) | 1 (6.3) | ||
| Epidemiology | 1 (3.1) | 1 (6.3) | ||
| Surgery | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0) | ||
| Currently have tendon problem | 8 (29) | 26 (84) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (100) |
| History of tendon problem | 19 (68) | 21 (68) | 10 (66.7) | 1 (50) |
| Country where work | ||||
| Australia | 8 (28.6) | 31 (100) | 5 (33.3) | |
| UK | 5 (17.9) | 1 (6.7) | ||
| The Netherlands | 5 (17.9) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (100) | |
| Canada | 2 (7.1) | 1 (6.7) | ||
| USA | 2 (7.1) | 1 (6.7) | ||
| Denmark | 2 (7.1) | 1 (6.7) | ||
| Qatar | 1 (3.6) | 1 (6.7) | ||
| Sweden | 1 (3.6) | 0 | ||
| Hong Kong | 1 (3.6) | 1 (6.7) | ||
| Norway | 1 (3.6) | 0 | ||
Unless otherwise stated, data are N (%). ˆ2 (6.5) physiotherapists, 1 (3.2) nurse midwife, 1 (3.2) social worker, 1 (3.2) athlete.
NA, not applicable.