About the Authors

Chris Burtin

Affiliations KU Leuven, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven, Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium, Rehabilitation Research Centre, Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Daniel Langer

Affiliations KU Leuven, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven, Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium

Hans van Remoortel

Affiliations KU Leuven, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven, Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium

Heleen Demeyer

Affiliations KU Leuven, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven, Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium

Rik Gosselink

Affiliations KU Leuven, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven, Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium

Marc Decramer

Affiliation KU Leuven, Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium

Fabienne Dobbels

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Wim Janssens

Affiliation KU Leuven, Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium

Thierry Troosters

thierry.troosters@med.kuleuven.be

Affiliations KU Leuven, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven, Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB DL HVR WJ MD RG FD TT. Performed the experiments: CB DL HVR HD. Analyzed the data: CB DL HVR HD TT. Wrote the paper: CB DL HVR HD WJ MD RG FD TT.