Co-designed neck exercise (EPIC-Neck) vs usual exercise care for people with chronic non-specific neck pain: protocol for a randomised feasibility study with process evaluation

Table 1 Schedule of procedures

Procedures	EPIC-Neck training	Screening	Baseline	Treatment	3-month post-randomisation	4-month post-randomisation	6-month post-randomisation	Treatment completion
EPIC-Neck physiotherapist informed consent	X
EPIC-Neck physiotherapist Neck Exercise Questionnaire	X
EPIC-Neck physiotherapist training evaluation	X
Patient participant invitation		X
Patient participant eligibility assessment		X	X
Patient participant informed consent			X
Patient participant randomisation			X
Patient participant baseline questionnaire			X
Usual exercise care physiotherapist informed consent				X
Intervention audio-recordings				X
Intervention observations				X
Patient participant follow-up questionnaires					X		X
EPIC-Neck patient participant interviews						X
All physiotherapist interviews								X
Usual exercise care physiotherapist Neck Exercise Questionnaire								X

ISSN: 2055-5784