In ILD, adherence to the training sessions in pulmonary rehabilitation predicts progression of exercise training loads; declining lung function is an independent predictor of failure to progress training loads.
Funding
L.M. Dowman received a National Health and Medical Research Council postgraduate scholarship (grant ID: GNT1017802); and the randomised controlled trial received grant funding from the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation/American Thoracic Society Foundation, Institute for Breathing and Sleep and Eirene Lucas Foundation.