Participant characteristics (n (%) unless otherwise stated)
| Characteristics | Clinicians/researchers | Patients | ||
| Survey 1 (n=37) | Survey 2* (n=37) | Meeting (n=31) | Survey 1/focus group (n=9) | |
| Sex: male | 25 (67.6) | 25 (67.6) | 22 (71.0) | 4 (44.4) |
| Age: median (IQR; minimum–maximum), years | 51 (43–57; 34–68) | 51 (43–55; 34–68) | 51 (43–53; 34–68) | 48 (37–53; 26–59) |
| Role | ||||
| Clinician | 2 (5.4) | 2 (5.4) | 2 (6.4) | NA |
| Researcher | 5 (13.5) | 5 (13.5) | 4 (12.9) | NA |
| Clinician researcher | 30 (81.1) | 30 (81.1) | 25 (80.7) | NA |
| Highest academic qualification | ||||
| PhD | 21 (56.8) | 21 (56.8) | 17 (54.8) | – |
| Master | 6 (16.2) | 6 (16.2) | 5 (16.1) | 2 (22.2) |
| Doctor of Medicine | 7 (18.9) | 7 (18.9) | 7 (22.6) | – |
| Postgraduate diploma/certificate | – | – | – | 2 (22.2) |
| Bachelor | 3 (8.1) | 3 (8.1) | 2 (6.5) | 4 (44.4) |
| No university qualification | – | – | – | 1 (11.1) |
| Profession | ||||
| Physiotherapy | 16 (43.2) | 16 (43.2) | 14 (45.2) | NA |
| Orthopaedic surgeon | 14 (37.8) | 14 (37.8) | 12 (38.7) | NA |
| Sports and exercise medicine physician | 3 (8.1) | 3 (8.1) | 2 (6.4) | NA |
| Not specified | 3 (8.1) | 3 (8.1) | 2 (6.4) | NA |
| Rheumatologist | 1 (2.7) | 1 (2.7) | 1 (3.2) | NA |
| Therapy radiographer | – | – | – | 1 (11.1) |
| Health information technology | – | – | – | 1 (11.1) |
| Non-healthcare professional | – | – | – | 7 (77.8) |
| Lateral elbow tendinopathy | ||||
| Current case | 1 (2.7) | 1 (2.7) | 1 (3.2) | 5 (55.6) |
| History | 10 (27.0) | 11 (29.7) | 9 (29.0) | 6 (66.7) |
| Country where work† | ||||
| Europe | 20 (54.1) | 20 (54.1) | 16 (51.2) | 5 (55.6) |
| Australia | 11 (29.7) | 10 (27.0) | 8 (25.8) | 4 (44.4) |
| North America | 5 (13.5) | 5 (13.5) | 5 (16.1) | – |
| Asia | 1 (2.7) | 2 (5.4) | 2 (6.5) | – |
*1 person from Australia did survey 1 but not 2; another did survey 2 not 1 (technical issues).
†Countries grouped per continent as follows: Europe=Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey (Istanbul) and UK; North America=Canada and USA; and Asia=India and Israel.