Slip-resistant footwear reduces slips among National Health Service workers in England: a randomised controlled trial.

"Competing interests: CH declares membership of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Commissioning Committee 2015-2020 and previous membership of the HTA commissioning sub-board (EOI) 2016-2017. DJT declares that he is Director of York Trials Unit, which receives clinical trials unit (CTU) funding from the NIHR, has previously been a member of various HTA commissioning boards and was a member of the CTU Standing Advisory Committee 2010-2014. GF, ML and MZ declare that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) run the GRIP-rating scheme, which was used to identify the footwear/manufacturer used in the trial, and that Shoes for Crews Ltd paid the HSE for testing of footwear under the GRIP-rating scheme. SC, CF, GF, ML, RC-B, MZ, CH, HMI-S, LG and DJT declare that part of their salary costs were covered by the NIHR grant."

"Funding: This study was funded by the NIHR Public Health Research Programme (Project reference number 15/05/28) and the Health and Safety Executive. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, HSE or the Department of Health and Social Care. The University of York was the study sponsor and had legal responsibility for the initiation and management of the study: sponsor representative Mr Michael Barber, Research and Enterprise Directorate, Innovation Office, York Science Park, Heslington, York, YO10 5DG, UK."

"Trial registration number ISRCTN33051393."