The Sternal Management Accelerated Recovery Trial (S.M.A.R.T) – standard restrictive versus an intervention of modified sternal precautions following cardiac surgery via median sternotomy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Nur Ayub Md Ali, Linda Denehy, Catherine L. Granger, Alistair Royse, Colin Royse, Rebecca Bates, Sarah Logie, Sandy Clarke

Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry identifier: ACTRN12615000968572 . Registered on 16 September 2015 (prospectively registered).