Table 1
Time schedule of enrolment, interventions, assessments and visits for participants
| Study period | ||||
| Preallocation | Allocation | Postallocation | ||
| Enrolment | Baseline | Days 10–14 | Months 6 and 12 | |
| Timepoint | -t | t0 | 0 | t1 and t2 |
| Enrolment | ||||
| Eligibility screening | x | |||
| Informed consent | x | |||
| Allocation | x | |||
| Intervention |  | |||
| Intervention (advice) | ||||
| Comparator (advice +rehabilitation care) | ||||
| Assessments | ||||
| Age, sex, fracture type | x | |||
| Primary outcome measure | ||||
| Oxford shoulder score, 0–48 | x | |||
| Secondary self-reported outcomes | ||||
| EQ-5D-3L <0–1 | x | |||
| Fracture-related adverse events/complications | x | |||
| Conversion to surgery (failure in both groups) | x | |||
EQ-5D-3L, European Quality of life-5 Dimensions-Three-Level