Funding for this research was provided by:
DH | NIHR | Health Services Research Programme (RP-PG-0608-10168, RP-PG-0608-10168, RP-PG-0608-10168)
Article History
Received: 5 August 2020
Revised: 2 November 2020
Accepted: 8 January 2021
First Online: 17 March 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The ethics was approved by the South Birmingham Research Ethics Committee. The participants all consented to take part in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The data and material are all available through writing to Manchester CTU (formerly MAHSCCTU).
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The trial was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grant for Applied Research (RP-PG-0608–10168), held by Professor Bundred (Chief Investigator), Multi-frequency Bioimpedance devices (L-Dex U400) were loaned for the use of this study by ImpediMed, Australia and Sigvaris provided sleeves for the study.