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. 2021 Jul 13;22:448. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05396-1
Title {1} A randomized clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of pre and post-surgical pelvic floor physiotherapy for bowel symptoms, pelvic floor function and quality of life of patients with rectal cancer: CARRET protocol
Trial registration {2a and 2b}.

ACTRN12620000040965.

Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Register
Protocol version {3} First published version: 21/01/2020
Funding {4}

Government of Chile, Santiago de Chile.

Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico [National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development],

FONDECYT INICIACIÓN PROJECT award number 11191016,

CONICYT/ANID [National Research and Development Agency]
Author details {5a}

Cinara Sacomori1*, Luz Alejandra Lorca2, Mónica Martinez-Mardones3,4, Roberto Ignacio Salas-Ocaranza3, Guillermo Patricio Reyes-Reyes3, Marta Natalia Pizarro-Hinojosa2, Jorge Plasser-Troncoso3,5

1 Universidad Bernardo O´Higgins, Escuela de Kinesiología, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

2 Hospital del Salvador, Servicio de Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

3 Hospital del Salvador, Servicio de Cirugía y Servicio de Coloproctologia, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

4 Universidad Finnis Terrae, Escuela de Medicina, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

5 Fundación Arturo López Pérez, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

*Corresponding author

CS, LAL, MMM, RISO and GPRR initiated the study design and MNPH and JPT helped with implementation. MMM, RISO and JPT will help recruiting patients. MNPH will deliver the intervention. LAL and RISO will perform assessments. CS is granting holder and the main researcher and coordinator. All authors contributed to refinement of the study protocol and approved the final manuscript.
Name and contact information for the trial sponsor {5b}

A- Universidad Bernardo O´Higgins. Address: Avenida Viel 1497, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile.

B- Hospital del Salvador, Av. Salvador 364, Providencia, Región Metropolitana, Chile.
Role of sponsor {5c} Funder and sponsors will not influence on study design, collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing of the report; and the decision to submit the report for publication.