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All of the allied health professions
describe their role with concepts that the engineer associates with
the optimization process. In the classic engineering optimization problem, the goal is to alter a control strategy so as to maximize/minimize some type of "performance critierion" of interest. From the context of rehabilitation, the idea is to design an intervention plan that
balances maximizing desirable outcomes (or "benefits") with minimizing costs and other undesirable effects. Examples of desirable outcomes are minimizing impairments and disability,
maximizing independence and the ability to perform key activities, and maximizing "quality of life" measures.
Here we provide a simple introduction
of the optimziation process and its relevance.
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Rehabilitation
Process as an Optimization Problem 