Effects of inspiratory muscle training on respiratory function, diaphragmatic thickness, balance control, exercise capacity and quality of life in people after stroke: A randomized controlled trial protocol

• Fang Liu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Physiotherapy, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China, Department of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Centre, Shenzhen, China

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• Alice Y. M. Jones,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Raymond C. C. Tsang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9251-6236

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• Timothy T. T. Yam,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China

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• William W. N. Tsang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wntsang@hkmu.edu.hk

  Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3549-2346

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