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

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

Affiliations

Ceri Battle

Ed Major Critical Care Unit, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK

Alan Watkins

2Swansea University, UK

Kate Jones

7 Liver Transplantation Service, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

Deborah Fitzsimmons

Swansea Centre for Health Economics, Swansea University, Swansea, UK

Fiona Elizabeth Lecky

3 School of Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Timothy Driscoll

1Swansea University, UK

Hayley Anne Hutchings

Swansea Trials Unit (STU), Swansea University, Swansea, West Glamorgan, UK

Susan Davies

Hepatology, Addenbrooke`s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Phillip A Evans

1 Emergency Department, Welsh Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, Swansea, UK

Shaun Harris

1Swansea University, Swansea, UK

Claire O'Neill

2 Swansea University Medical School,Swansea University, Swansea, UK

Hannah Toghill

1 Physiotherapy Department, Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK

Sara Davies

senior registrar

Amy Charnock

Physiotherapy Dept, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK

Thomas Dawson

Physiotherapy Dept, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, UK

Joanne Prosser

(PPI rep) Physiotherapy Dept, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, UK