Table 1.

Study inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
At least 18 years old	Unsuitable for or unable to exercise (determined by clinician)
Have at least one VLU of primarily venous aetiology (determined by clinician) with maximum diameter of at least 1 cm	Unable or unwilling to tolerate lower‐limb compression
ABPI of at least 0·8 (recorded within the previous 3 months)	Insulin‐controlled diabetes mellitus
Able and willing to tolerate lower‐limb compression	Pregnancy
	Coexisting skin conditions, vasculitis, deep venous occlusion or malignant/atypical ulceration
	Require major surgery
	Leg ulcer with maximum diameter < 1 cm
	Have had an ulcer at the same site within the previous 3 months
	Unable or do not wish to consent to participation in the trial

VLU, venous leg ulcer; ABPI, ankle brachial pressure index.