Minimal versus specialist equipment in the delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation: protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial

• Matthew Maddocks,
• Francesca Fiorentino,
• Suhani Patel,
• Jessica A Walsh,
• William Man,
• Rebecca Wilson,
• Ruth E Barker,
• Claire M Nolan,
• Oliver Polgar

Affiliations

Matthew Maddocks

Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King’s College London, London, UK

Francesca Fiorentino

Imperial College Clinical Trials Unit, Imperial College London, London, UK

Suhani Patel

Harefield Respiratory Research Group, Royal Brompton and Harefield Clinical Group, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK

Jessica A Walsh

Harefield Respiratory Research Group, Royal Brompton and Harefield Clinical Group, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK

William Man

Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Rebecca Wilson

The Nightingale Breast Cancer Unit, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK

Ruth E Barker

Harefield Respiratory Research Group, Royal Brompton and Harefield Clinical Group, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK

Claire M Nolan

Harefield Respiratory Research Group, Royal Brompton and Harefield Clinical Group, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK

Oliver Polgar

Harefield Respiratory Research Group, Royal Brompton and Harefield Clinical Group, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK