The ERS/ATS statements on pulmonary rehabilitation

Symposium
Chairs: C. F. Donner (Verona, Italy), L. Nici (Providence, United States of America)
Aims: This symposium will present the ATS/ERS statement on pulmonary rehabilitation in its final format. It will focus on those aspects of the statement that reflect the changes since the 1990s in this discipline and any novel concepts. This will, hopefully, provide fresh insight into the evolution of our concept of pulmonary rehabilitation.

Blending pulmonary rehabilitation into the WHO view of integrated care E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
The evolution toward collaborative self-management strategies in pulmonary rehabilitation J. Bourbeau (Montreal, Canada)
Patient-centered exercise training based on scientific principles T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Expanding the scope of pulmonary rehabilitation C. Rochester (New Haven, United States of America)
Structuring the pulmonary rehabilitation programme to meet patient-centered goals M. Morgan (Leicester, United Kingdom)