Protocol for a randomized controlled trial to compare bone-loading exercises with risedronate for preventing bone loss in osteopenic postmenopausal women

Table 3 Timeline for implementation of study

TIMELINE	Year 1				Year 2				Year 3				Year 4				Year 5
Months:	3	6	9	12	3	6	9	12	3	6	9	12	3	6	9	12	3	6	9	12
Develop training manuals, scripts, educational programs	→	→
Hire / orient team members	→	→
Finalize recruitment, intervention, data collection protocols	→	→
IRB approval	→	→
Enroll subjects			→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
Implement interventions and data collection			→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
Quality control checks			→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
Team meetings		→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
Data analysis							→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
Final report writing																				→
Manuscript preparation									→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→

ISSN: 1472-6874