Leppänen, T.
Kulkas, A.
Töyräs, J.
Myllymaa, S.
Gadoth, N.
Oksenberg, A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Academy of Finland (313697, 323536)
Business Finland (5133/31/2018)
Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding (5041767, 5041768)
Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding (5041770)
Seinäjoki Central Hospital (6020, 6047)
Competitive State Research Financing of Expert Responsibility Area of Tampere University Hospital (VTR3221, VTR3228, EVO2089)
Kuopion Seudun Hengityssäätiö
Tampereen Tuberkuloosisäätiö
Article History
Received: 2 August 2019
Revised: 14 February 2020
Accepted: 4 March 2020
First Online: 5 April 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: For retrospective chart reviews, formal consent is not required.
: This study and data collection was approved by the Helsinki ethical committee of the Loewenstein Hospital–Rehabilitation Center (protocol 0006-17-LOE) and by the University of Queensland’s Human Research Ethics Committee. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.