Trial design
The study design is a single-blinded randomized controlled
trial (Fig. 1) adhering to Standard Protocol Items:
Recommendation for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT)
guidelines [22]. Outcomes will be measured at admission
to inpatient rehabilitation, and at 3 weeks, 6 weeks and
6 months following the commencement of rehabilitation.
These time points were chosen to adequately measure
the rate of improvement in all outcome measures.