Demographic characteristics of Delphi panel and Essential National Health Research (ENHR) ranking exercise participants
| Delphi exercise | ENHR ranking exercise (Oxford consensus study, part 2) | |||
| Round 1 and round 2 (n=65) | Survey 1* (n=49) | Survey 2† (n=44) | Survey 3‡ (n=42) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 39 | No sex data collected for ENHR ranking exercise | ||
| Female | 26 | |||
| Stakeholder group: n=6 | ||||
| Orthopaedic surgeons | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Patient and public involvement group | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Physical therapists | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| Physicians | 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Radiologists | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Researchers | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Country of residence | ||||
| Australia | 8 | No country of residence data collected | ||
| Belgium | 1 | |||
| Brazil | 1 | |||
| Canada | 5 | |||
| Denmark | 4 | |||
| Germany | 1 | |||
| Ireland | 2 | |||
| Netherlands | 5 | |||
| Norway | 2 | |||
| Portugal | 1 | |||
| Qatar | 7 | |||
| South Africa | 3 | |||
| Spain | 1 | |||
| Sweden | 1 | |||
| Switzerland | 2 | |||
| Turkey | 1 | |||
| UK | 7 | |||
| USA | 8 | |||
*Survey 1: Statements 48–54.
†Survey 2: Statement 55–59.
‡Survey 3: Statements 64–69.