Beta-alanine supplementation in patients with COPD receiving non-linear periodised exercise training or neuromuscular electrical stimulation: protocol of two randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials

• Eline bij de Vaate,
• Peter Klijn,
• Wim Derave,
• Chris Burtin,
• Florence N Schleich,
• Roy Meys,
• Anouk A F Stoffels,
• Jana de Brandt,
• Hieronymus W H van Hees,
• Maurice J H Sillen,
• Bram van den Borst,
• Jacqueline M Otker,
• Jos Donkers,
• Maurice Hayot,
• Pascal Pomiès,
• Inge Everaert

Affiliations

Eline bij de Vaate

3 Department of Pulmonology, Merem Pulmonary Rehabilitation Centre, Hilversum, The Netherlands

Peter Klijn

3 Department of Pulmonology, Merem Pulmonary Rehabilitation Centre, Hilversum, The Netherlands

Wim Derave

Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Chris Burtin

5 REVAL - Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED - Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Florence N Schleich

Department of Respiratory Medicine, CHU Liege, GIGA I³ Research Group, University of Liege, Liège, Belgium

Roy Meys

Department of Research and Development, CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands

Anouk A F Stoffels

Department of Research and Development, CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands

Jana de Brandt

Reval Rehabilitation Research, Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, DIepenbeek, Belgium

Hieronymus W H van Hees

Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Radboud UMC Dekkerswald, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Maurice J H Sillen

Department of Physiotherapy, CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands

Bram van den Borst

Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Radboud UMC Dekkerswald, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Jacqueline M Otker

Patient Advisory Council, Lung Foundation Netherlands, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

Jos Donkers

Client Council, CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands

Maurice Hayot

PhyMedExp, INSERM – CNRS, University of Montpellier – Montpellier CHU, Montpellier, France

Pascal Pomiès

PhyMedExp, INSERM – CNRS, University of Montpellier – Montpellier CHU, Montpellier, France

Inge Everaert

Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, University Ghent, Ghent, Belgium