ARC Study: Adherence & Rehabilitation for Complex fracture patients V1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Feasibility mixed methods study to examine the adherence and delivery of rehabilitation intervention components for adults following a high energy, lower limb complex fracture
IRAS ID
363507
Contact name
Catherine Hilton
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Queen Mary University London & Barts Health NHS Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 2 months, 0 days
Research summary
Severely injured patients who have badly broken bones in their legs need a lot of help to recover. Recovery can take over a year and leave life-long problems. Patients must do important things, such as exercises and gradually increasing the weight on their leg, to help them recover. This is known as rehabilitation.
Previous research and people who have helped with this study say it can be hard to get the right rehabilitation at the right time and it can be difficult to understand and carry out. Some people may find this harder than others.
This study aims to understand what rehabilitation support is given to patients, how well patients are able to follow this and how well patients recover by:1. Collecting information about rehabilitation services, how well patients manage and what is important to them at the end of their recovery. (Asking patients from Barts Health NHS hospitals for permission to collect this information and to complete questionnaires about their goals and recovery).
2. Interviewing some patients to understand their experience of rehabilitation.
3. Combining the results to explain what rehabilitation works at the moment and how.
This research will give a detailed understanding of current rehabilitation, how it works and who it works best for. It will have created a way of measuring rehabilitation which is important for future research that might design new treatments to see if providing patients with targeted support improves their recovery and reduces pressure on resources.
REC name
South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
26/SC/0087
Date of REC Opinion
10 Mar 2026
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion