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Early exercise in blunt chest wall trauma: protocol for a mixed-methods, multicentre, parallel randomised controlled trial (ELECT2 trial)

Ceri Battle, Amy Charnock, Sara Davies, Susan Davies, Thomas Dawson, Timothy Driscoll Orcid Logo, Phillip A Evans, Deborah Fitzsimmons Orcid Logo, Shaun Harris Orcid Logo, Kate Jones, Fiona Elizabeth Lecky, Claire O'Neill Orcid Logo, Joanne Prosser, Hannah Toghill, Alan Watkins Orcid Logo, Hayley Hutchings Orcid Logo

BMJ Open, Volume: 12, Issue: 4, Start page: e060055

Swansea University Authors: Ceri Battle, Timothy Driscoll Orcid Logo, Deborah Fitzsimmons Orcid Logo, Shaun Harris Orcid Logo, Claire O'Neill Orcid Logo, Alan Watkins Orcid Logo, Hayley Hutchings Orcid Logo

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Introduction Chronic pain and disability are now well-recognised long-term complications of blunt chest wall trauma. Limited research exists regarding therapeutic interventions that can be used to address these complications. A recent feasibility study was completed testing the methods of a definiti...

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title Early exercise in blunt chest wall trauma: protocol for a mixed-methods, multicentre, parallel randomised controlled trial (ELECT2 trial)
spellingShingle Early exercise in blunt chest wall trauma: protocol for a mixed-methods, multicentre, parallel randomised controlled trial (ELECT2 trial)
Ceri Battle
Timothy Driscoll
Deborah Fitzsimmons
Shaun Harris
Claire O'Neill
Alan Watkins
Hayley Hutchings
title_short Early exercise in blunt chest wall trauma: protocol for a mixed-methods, multicentre, parallel randomised controlled trial (ELECT2 trial)
title_full Early exercise in blunt chest wall trauma: protocol for a mixed-methods, multicentre, parallel randomised controlled trial (ELECT2 trial)
title_fullStr Early exercise in blunt chest wall trauma: protocol for a mixed-methods, multicentre, parallel randomised controlled trial (ELECT2 trial)
title_full_unstemmed Early exercise in blunt chest wall trauma: protocol for a mixed-methods, multicentre, parallel randomised controlled trial (ELECT2 trial)
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description Introduction Chronic pain and disability are now well-recognised long-term complications of blunt chest wall trauma. Limited research exists regarding therapeutic interventions that can be used to address these complications. A recent feasibility study was completed testing the methods of a definitive trial. This protocol describes the proposed definitive trial, the aim of which is to investigate the impact of an early exercise programme on chronic pain and disability in patients with blunt chest wall trauma.Methods/analysis This mixed-methods, multicentre, parallel randomised controlled trial will run in four hospitals in Wales and one in England over 12-month recruitment period. Patients will be randomised to either the control group (routine physiotherapy input) or the intervention group (routine physiotherapy input plus a simple exercise programme completed individually by the patient). Baseline measurements including completion of two surveys (Brief Pain Inventory and EuroQol 5-dimensions, 5-Levels) will be obtained on initial assessment. These measures and a client services receipt inventory will be repeated at 3-month postinjury. Analysis of outcomes will focus on rate and severity of chronic pain and disability, cost-effectiveness and acceptability of the programme by patients and clinicians. Qualitative feedback regarding acceptability will be obtained through patient and clinician focus groups.Ethics/dissemination London Riverside Research Ethics Committee (Reference number: 21/LO/0782) and the Health Research Authority granted approval for the trial in December 2021. Patient recruitment will commence in February 2022. Planned dissemination is through publication in a peer-reviewed Emergency Medicine Journal, presentation at appropriate conferences and to stakeholders at professional meetings.Trial registration number ISRCTN65829737; Pre-results.
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