1. Unit of Respiratory Physiopathology and Rehabilitation, A.O.R.N. “Dei Colli” - Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
2. Section of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Basic Medical Science Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Cardiothoracic Department, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, Respiratory and Critical Care Unit, Bari Policlinic University Hospital, Bari, Italy
3. Respiratory rehabilitation department, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan, Italy
4. Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
5. Sub-Intensive Care Unit, Department of Respiratory Pathophysiology and Rehabilitation, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
6. Respiratory Unit, NEuroMuscular OmniCentre (NeMo), Serena Onlus Foundation, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
7. Respiratory Medicine Unit Policlinico “G. Rodolico-San Marco” University Hospital, Catania, Italy
8. Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Non Invasive Ventilatory Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain
9. Department of Chest Diseases, Istanbul Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, İ̇stanbul, Turkey
10. Department of Cardio-Thoracic Diseases, “Città della Salute E della Scienza” University Hospital, Turin, Italy
11. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers University-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey; Center for Ventilator Management Alternatives, University Hospital of Newark, Newark, New Jersey