Table 2

Data collection schedule

Data	Baseline	Inpatient predischarge	Intervention period	6* months postrandomisation	12* months postrandomisation
Age (years)	√
Gender	√
Weight (kg)/(stone/lbs)	√
Height (cm)/(ft/inches)	√
Ethnicity	√
Drinking status	√
Smoking status	√
Primary cancer site		√
Stage of tumour		√
Neck nodal status		√
Pre-existing shoulder or neck musculoskeletal disorder	√
Hand dominance	√
AMTS	√
List of medical co-morbidities	√
Employment status and current occupation (when appropriate)	√			√	√
Shoulder Pain and Disability Index	√			√	√
Numerical rating scale pain	√			√	√
EQ-5D-5L	√			√	√
EORTC QLQ-C30	√			√	√
EORTC QLQ-H&HN43	√			√	√
Physical performance measures	√			√	√
Pain relief medication list	√			√	√
Complications, AE, SAE details of accident and emergency attendances and hospital admissions		√	√	√	√
Operation date		√
Operative procedure (level of ND)		√
Location of HNC		√
Accessory nerve sacrificed		√
ASA grade		√
Pathology results		√
Preoperative cancer head and neck treatment	√
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment provision	√			√	√
Intervention fidelity and cross-over logs			√
Physiotherapy intervention log (physiotherapist completed)		√	√
Home exercise diary (participant completed)			√
Health economic/health utilisation questionnaire				√	√

*Each follow-up interval±1 month.
EORTC, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer; HNC, head and neck cancer; ND, neck dissection.