The rehabilitation of injuries from the Manchester Arena bombing
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The management and rehabilitation of those who sustained significant lower limb musculoskeletal injuries from the Manchester Arena bombing – a qualitative study investigating patient and practitioner experiences
IRAS ID
249417
Contact name
Jason Kin Fai Wong
Contact email
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 23 days
Research summary
Survivors of the Manchester Arena bombing which occurred in May 2017 were invited to receive a programme of bespoke, enhanced rehabilitation at the Manchester Institute of Health & Performance; this service began in May 2018 with a planned end in February 2019. This project is funded by the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund charity, as this money is specifically for survivors of the bomb attack.
The Manchester Institute of Health & Performance (MIHP) has brought together leading clinicians and practitioners in the field of sports science and medicine and the facility is usually reserved for elite athletes, sports professionals and private healthcare patients.
Physiotherapists from NHS Trusts across Greater Manchester have been working with the team at MIHP to deliver a programme of enhanced rehabilitation for patients that have sustained significant lower limb musculoskeletal injuries.
Now the programme is nearing completion there is a desire to explore the experiences of both patients and practitioners of either receiving, or developing and delivering, the advanced modalities and rehabilitation tools offered at MIHP.
We propose to conduct conversational-style interviews with patients and practitioners that will be led by qualitative researchers experienced in this method of research, data collection and analysis. It is envisaged that knowledge acquired from the expert rehab input will be used to develop a unique set of protocols that could be integrated back to the wider community of lower extremity injured patients and not just those involved in the Arena bombing.
The data collected from the interviews will give an indication of what treatments were beneficial to patients and what care they feel they will require once they are referred back to NHS care outside of MIHP.REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/YH/0501
Date of REC Opinion
17 Jan 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion