Table 1 Total class sizes per year, per academic program at time of investigation and percentage of students participating in the study.
From: Lower back pain in physically demanding college academic programs: a questionnaire based study
Course | Students participating in the study per year of study (% of total) | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First | Second | Third | Fourth | ||
Equine Science (n = 43) | 7/23 (30%) | 9/20 (45%) | 15/15 (100%) | 12/12 (100%) | 43/67 (64%) |
Physical Education (n = 70) | 37/80 (46%) | 16/71 (22%) | 12/42 (29%) | 5/43 (12%) | 70/236 (30%) |
Sports and Exercise Science (n = 75) | 10/40 (25%) | 33/47 (70%) | 14/37 (38%) | 18/35 (51%) | 75/159 (47%) |
Total (n = 188) | 54/143 (38%) | 138 (42%) | 41/92 (45%) | 35/89 (39%) | 188/462 (41%) |