About the Authors
- Heleen Demeyer
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Affiliations KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Respiratory Diseases, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Center for research in environmental epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain
- Chris Burtin
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Affiliations KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Rehabilitation Research Centre, Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Miek Hornikx
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Affiliations KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Carlos Augusto Camillo
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Affiliations KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Respiratory Diseases, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Hans Van Remoortel
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Affiliations KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Respiratory Diseases, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Red Cross Flanders, Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Mechelen, Belgium
- Daniel Langer
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Affiliations KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Respiratory Diseases, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Wim Janssens
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Affiliation University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Respiratory Diseases, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Thierry Troosters
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* E-mail: thierry.troosters@med.kuleuven.be
Affiliations KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Respiratory Diseases, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HD TT. Performed the experiments: HD CB MH HVR DL. Analyzed the data: HD TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT WJ. Wrote the paper: HD TT. Critically reviewed the manuscript: CB MH HVR DL WJ CAC. Took responsibility for the content of the manuscript and provided the study idea: TT.