Evaluating an extended rehabilitation service for stroke patients (EXTRAS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

1 Institute of Neuroscience (Stroke Research Group), Newcastle University, 3-4 Claremont Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AE, England, UK

2 Stroke Northumbria, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE29 8NH, England, UK

3 Stroke Northumbria, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Wansbeck General Hospital, Woodhorn Lane, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 9JJ, England, UK

4 Lay investigator. Contact via: Institute of Neuroscience (Stroke Research Group), Newcastle University, 3-4 Claremont Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AE, England, UK

5 Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing, University of Nottingham, B Floor, Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, England, UK

6 Oxford Academic Health Science Network, John Eccles House, Robert Robinson Avenue, Oxford Science Business Park, Oxford OX4 4GP, England, UK

7 Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation, University of Leeds, Bradford Institute for Health, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ, England, UK

8 Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Baddiley-Clark Building, Richardson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AX, England, UK

9 Department of Public Health Sciences, King’s College London, Capital House, 7th Floor, 41 Western Street, London SE1 3QD, England, UK

10 Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coach Lane Campus, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7XA, England, UK