TY - GEN AU - Katijjahbe,Md Ali AU - Denehy,Linda AU - Granger,Catherine L AU - Royse,Alistair AU - Royse,Colin AU - Bates,Rebecca AU - Logie,Sarah AU - Clarke,Sandy AU - El-Ansary,Doa TI - The Sternal Management Accelerated Recovery Trial (S.M.A.R.T) - standard restrictive versus an intervention of modified sternal precautions following cardiac surgery via median sternotomy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial SN - 1745-6215 PY - 2018///0525 KW - Biomechanical Phenomena KW - Cardiac Surgical Procedures KW - adverse effects KW - Clinical Protocols KW - Double-Blind Method KW - Humans KW - Intention to Treat Analysis KW - Length of Stay KW - Pain Measurement KW - Pain, Postoperative KW - diagnosis KW - Prospective Studies KW - Quality of Life KW - Recovery of Function KW - Research Design KW - Sternotomy KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - Time Factors KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Upper Extremity KW - physiopathology KW - Victoria N1 - Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Phase II; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Pragmatic Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-1974-8 ER -