Assessing the Impact of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Functional Status in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Authors:

From: Centre de Recherche, Hôpital Laval, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de l’Université Laval, Respiratory, Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute of the Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Centre de recherche, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier Mont-Sinaï, Centre Hospitalier Affilié Enfant-Jésus, Quebec, Canada. L. Laviolette is supported by a Ph.D. award from the Centre de Recherche de l’Hôpital Laval. J. Bourbeau is the recipient of a John R. & Clara Fraser Memorial Award from the faculty of Medicine, McGill University. V. Pepin is supported by la Fondation de l’Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal. F. Maltais is a research scholar of the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec. This work was supported by the Respiratory Health Network of the FRSQ and by an unrestricted grant from GlaxoSmithKline, Canada. The authors do not declare any conflict of interest related to this work.