Ten lessons learnt for a future definitive randomised controlled trial
| Sites | 1 | Consider staff availability and rurality when recruiting sites. |
| Therapy staff | 2 | Consider employing therapy staff directly or second from research delivery teams. |
| Participant recruitment | 3 | Recruitment flexibility, including after discharge home. |
| 4 | Keep visiting potential participants. | |
| 5 | Delay recruitment until later after surgery. | |
| Trial-specific training | 6 | Use the mnemonic GUIDE as a training aid. |
| 7 | Stress the importance of the first home visit to reassure participants about safe activities. | |
| 8 | Value the emotional support provided by the technical instructors. | |
| Usual care recording | 9 | Patient-held treatment log completed by visiting therapists. |
| Workbook | 10 | Further refine the workbook in the light of feedback. |