Remote Ischaemic Conditioning for Post-surgical Complications in Hip Fracture (RIC-FRACTURE)

This is a single centre, single arm feasibility study. The team will aim to recruit 12 participants to complete a programme of RIC for up to 2 weeks following hip fracture or until discharge from hospital or rehabilitation centre. It is not known whether the main potential protective events resulting from RIC occur due to the short-term effects (likely changes in vascular sensitivity, blood flow etc) or the longer-term effects (modulation of inflammation etc that occur through changes in gene expression). However, the team have chosen a dosing strategy that they feel is practical to deliver given the average length of time people spend in hospital after hip fracture.