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Table 1 Timeline of participants' progression through the trial

week -3	week -1	week 0	weeks 0 - 3	weeks 4 - 12	week 13 ^†	weeks 14 - 25	week 26^§	weeks 27 - 51	week 52^§
screening	baseline assessment by blinded assessor	concealed random allocation	usual care for all participants^€	8-week intervention Exp: Instrumented exercise workstation, FES and usual care Control: usual care	8-week assessment by blinded assessor	usual care for all participants	6-month assessment by blinded assessor	usual care for all participants	12-month assessment by blinded assessor

^† plus or minus 1-week window for commencement; 1-week window for completion upon commencement
^§ plus or minus 1-week window for commencement; 1-week window for completion upon commencement
^€ this 3-week period is to allow time for the ordering and delivery of the personalised FES garment for experimental participants

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