Evaluation of current surgeon practice for patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion surgery in the United Kingdom

Table 4 Pre-discharge advice on time (weeks post discharge) to return to functional activities

Functional activity	No. (%) of surgeons
	Weeks1						Months1
	1	2	3	4	6	8	3	6	9
Sitting	22 (85)	2 (8)	1 (4)	0	1 (4)	0	0	0	0
Driving	0	4 (15)	3 (12)	10 (39)	10 (39)	2 (8)	0	0	0
Sex	2 (10)	3 (15)	2 (10)	6 (30)	9 (45)	2 (10)	1 (5)	0	0
Work	0	2 (8)	3 (12)	2 (8)	13 (50)	4 (15)	9 (35)	1 (4)	0
Sport	0	1 (4)	0	1 (4)	4 (17)	0	10 (42)	6 (25)	2 (8)
Contact sports	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (21)	8 (33)	2 (8)
Jogging/running	0	0	0	1 (4)	6 (25)	1 (4)	5 (21)	10 (42)	1 (4)
Weight training	0	0	0	0	1 (5)	0	5 (21)	9 (41)	3 (14)
Heavy lifting	0	0	0	0	2 (8)	0	5 (21)	10 (42)	1 (4)
Extreme range of lumbar movements	0	1 (5)	0	0	0	0	8 (36)	6 (27)	2 (9)

¹Time (in weeks post discharge) at which patients were advised to return to each functional activity.