Effects of a Community-Based, Post-Rehabilitation Exercise Program in COPD: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial With Embedded Process Evaluation

Laura Desveaux   ^{1, 2, 3, 4} , MSc PT,PhD ;   Marla K Beauchamp   ^{1, 5} , MSc PT,PhD ;   Annemarie Lee   ¹ , PT, PhD ;   Noah Ivers   ^{3, 6, 7} , MD, PhD ;   Roger Goldstein   ^{1, 8, 9} , MD ;   Dina Brooks   ^{1, 4, 8} , PT,PhD

¹ West Park Healthcare Centre, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ Women's College Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁶ Women's College Hospital, Family Practice Health Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ University of Toronto, Department of Physical Therapy, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁹ University of Toronto, Department of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada