Involving patients and clinicians in the development of a randomised clinical trial protocol to assess spinal manual therapy versus nerve root injection for patients with lumbar radiculopathy: a patient and public involvement project to inform the SALuBRITY trial design

Table 1 Characteristics of patient and clinician advisors

Patient advisor	Sex	Age (y)	Profession	Symptom duration	Treatment experience
P1	Male	65	Retiree	> 2 years	C, I, M, P
P2	Male	30	Scientific assistant	> 2 years	C, I, M, P, S
P3	Female	57	Architect	6–12 months	C, P
P4	Male	27	Software engineer	> 2 years	C, I, M, P
P5	Male	42	Art blacksmith	> 2 years	C, I, M, P

Clinician advisor	Sex	Age	Profession	Clinical work experience	N patients seen with lumbar radiculopathy
C1	Female	38	GP	10 to 20 years	< 4 per month
C2	Male	66	GP	> 20 years	< 4 per month
C3	Female	68	GP	> 20 years	< 4 per month
C4	Male	36	Orthopaedist	10 to 20 years	4 to 8 per month

C chiropractic, I corticosteroid infiltration, M pain medication, N number, P physiotherapy, S spine surgery, GP general practitioner, y years

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