Table 1 Intervention chart
Item no. | Item description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1 Brief name | Group A | Group B | Group C |
Upper ankle joint manual therapy (MT) and task-oriented mobility and balance training (TOT) | Task-oriented mobility and balance training (TOT) | Control group: no intervention | |
2 Why | To evaluate the feasibility of the methods of a larger trial and explore the preliminary effects of a specific TOT versus its combination with talocrural MT on balance, mobility, ankle range of motion (ROM), number of falls and health-related quality of life in people post stroke. | ||
3 What materials | - Information sheet on study procedures - Information booklet on home-based TOT programme - Exercise diary including a compliance checklist | ||
4 What procedures | - Usual care | ||
- TOT introduction: in lay language; description of the principles - Supervised TOT performance - Home-based TOT | |||
- MT introduction: in lay language; description of the principles - MT performance of the talocrural joint - Home-based ankle mobilising exercise | |||
5 Who provides | The intervention will be provided by a trained physiotherapist who holds a Master’s degree in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and is studying for another Master’s degree in neurological physiotherapy | ||
6 How | - TOT and MT introduction and performance: individually and depending on the group patients will be allocated to - Home-based training: individually | ||
7 Where | - TOT and MT introduction and performance: at Outpatient therapy centre “Kinema”, Germany - Home-based training: At patients’ homes | ||
17 minutes, 6 times a week, for 4 weeks | |||
8 When and how much | 15 min MT plus 30 min TOT, 2 times per week, for 4 weeks | 45 min TOT, 2 times per week, for 4 weeks | |
20 min home-based training, 4 times per week, for 4 weeks; on the supervised intervention-free days | |||
9 Tailoring | Same intervention for all patients | Same intervention for all patients | No intervention |
10 Modifications | No modifications | No modifications | No modifications |
11 How well planned | - Intervention adherence and compliance will be assessed using a patient diary, during appointments and at post-intervention - Recording in excel sheets will be performed by the instructing researcher (physiotherapist) - The process will be supervised by the academic supervisor. | ||
12 How well actual | - Adherence rates will be reported as median (range) times per week and percentage (95% confidence interval): face-to-face and home-based training - Compliance will be presented narratively (exercise types and order; number of repetitions; problems and deviations from protocol with reasons or explanations) | ||