Theme 12 Respiratory and nutritional management

Acknowledgments:

The authors thank the ALS patients for their participation in this study. This study was supported by funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81371394 and No. 81511140101) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFC0901504). The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Acknowledgments:

This project is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research Programme (Grant Reference Number RP-PG-1016-20006) and supported by the NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

Acknowledgments:

We would like to express our great appreciation to ALS patients for taking part in the study.

Acknowledgments:

This study was sponsored by an ALSA Clinical Management Grant, NINDS Grant #1R01NS100859-01 and T32 HL134621 Breathing Research and Therapeutics Training Program

Acknowledgments:

We extend our deep gratitude to all patients who willingly participated in this study. The study is supported by funding from the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (FP043-2018A) and ALS Association. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Acknowledgments:

We would like to thank patients for participating in the study. Funding was provided by Cytokinetics and Research Motor Neuron. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Acknowledgments:

Funding for this study was provided by ‘Stichting ALS Nederland’.

Acknowledgments:

This project was funded by a co-funded NHMRC/MNDRIA Postgraduate scholarship (2015-2017) and research grants from MND Victoria (Mavis Gallienne grant), Institute for Breathing and Sleep and the Physiotherapy Research Foundation.

Acknowledgments:

We would like to acknowledge the Harper’s Hope Fund for ALS at the Medical College of Virginia Foundation which helped to financially support this work.

Acknowledgments:

A National Institute for Health Research Programme Grant for Research for Patient Benefit (PB-PG-1216-20041) funded this research.

Acknowledgments:

RespiStimALS was funded by the French Ministry of Health, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, the ARSla and the Thierry Latran Foundation. The study was also supported by the French Government (ANR-10-AIHU 06). TS perceived honoraria from Synapse Biomedical to translate the DPS/NeurRx4 user’s manual from English to French in 2007; from 2012 to 2016, Synapse Biomedical contributed to a fundraiser organized by TS to promote respiratory research. All other authors declare no competing interests.

Acknowledgments:

This work was funded by Research Motor Neuron Ireland with a grant from Cytokinetics.