Pádraig Carroll, Adrian Dervan, Ciarán McCarthy, Ian Woods, Cliff Beirne, Geoff Harte, Dónal O'Flynn, Cian O'Connor, Tara McGuire, Liam M Leahy, Javier Gutierrez Gonzalez, Martyna Stasiewicz, Jack Maughan, John Quinlan, Éimear Smith, Frank Moriarty, Fergal J O'Brien, Michelle Flood
BACKGROUND: Patient and public involvement in research (PPI) has many benefits including increasing relevance and impact. While using PPI in clinical research is now an established practice, the involvement of patients and the public in pre-clinical research, which takes place in a laboratory setting, has been less frequently described and presents specific challenges. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of seriously injured rugby players' who live with a spinal cord injury on PPI in pre-clinical research...
2024: PloS One