Rehabilitation integration

An integrated approach of health maintenance (e.g., smoking cessation), drug therapy, and supplemental therapy (e.g., oxygen and pulmonary rehabilitation) should be used in a stepwise manner. 

The recent approval and implementation of the European Water Framework Directive further emphasizes the role of biota as a tool for assessing aquatic environmental quality, in that it strives not only for the improvement of the chemical quality status of water bodies but also for the rehabilitation of their ecological status. In the light of these recommendations, it becomes essential to use biota to assess not only the chemical status of water bodies through contaminant load analysis, but also their ecological status, in what must be an integrated, multidisciplinary approach. 

Actuators will be integrated throughout the wearable glove structure to provide assisted movement during rehabilitation. 

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