Table 1 Standard protocol items: recommendation for interventional trials (SPIRIT) figure: schedule of enrolment, intervention and assessments during the trial. t₅ is only applicable for patients in the usual care group. Patients in the usual care group start with the rehabilitation programme after the outcome measurement at t₄. For this group, t₁, t₂ and t₃ take place after t₄. Abbreviations: 3D: 3 dimensional; BDI-FS: Beck depression inventory – fast screen; CIS-fatigue: checklist individual strength – fatigue; COPM: Canadian occupational performance measure; DASH: disability of arm, should and hand; EHI: Edinburgh handedness inventory; HLJT: hand laterality judgment task; KVIQ-10: kinesthetic and visual imagery questionnaire-10; MPQ: McGill pain questionnaire; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; NA: neuralgic amyotrophy; NENS: neuromotor encoding in neuromuscular scapular dyskinesia; PAM: patient activation measure; PSEQ: pain self-efficacy questionnaire; SAE: serious adverse event; SEPECSA: self-efficacy for performing energy conservation strategies assessment; SF-36: short-form 36; SRQ-DLV: shoulder rating questionnaire – Dutch language version; USER-P: Utrecht scale for evaluation of rehabilitation – participation

From: NA-CONTROL: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to compare specific outpatient rehabilitation that targets cerebral mechanisms through relearning motor control and uses self-management strategies to improve functional capability of the upper extremity, to usual care in patients with neuralgic amyotrophy