Beskrivning
The ASPREX project investigated the feasibility of a machine-reasoning system which can help identify the assistive products that can best meet the individual needs by considering each person’s goals, circumstances, type of difficulties, level of ability, and life environment. The assumption was that such a system - if well designed and driven by reliable data - could greatly favor informed and responsible choices of assistive products, by increasing task-shifting of AT provision to the non-specialist workforce at community level; and by increasing awareness about the complexity of the AT assessment and selection process, the risks associated to wrong choices and the competences needed case by case. The project led to the development of an AI-based prototype called "Assistive Product Explorer" (ASPREX). The ASPREX has been kept live on the Web for three Years (2022-2024) for testing purposes; now it is no longer online and will be probably resumed within future projects.
Within the ASPREX project, an innovative model was developed to represent knowledge about assistive products. Based on this model, a knowledge base was generated for the ASPREX system, including over 2400 knowledge rules related to 65 product categories belonging to the APL (Assistive Product Priority List) of the World Health Organization. The knowledge base can be also read as a set of fact-sheets that can useful in clinical practice and for educational purposes. Each product fact-sheet is composed of 15 chapters (each related to a knowledge-rule cluster as established by the model): 1) product identification data and overall description; 2) possible configuration variants; 3) optional components; 4) product goals; 5) indicated impairments and 6) contraindicated impairments; 7) indicated and 8) contraindicated environments; 9) other indicated and 10) contraindicated factors; points to consider in 11) selection, 12) fitting, 13) use and 14) maintenance/follow-up; and 15) sources/references. The model has shown able to represent knowledge about any categories of assistive products. All the fact sheets are available for download from the SIVA and the EASTIN Web Portals.
Ämne (enligt ISO-klassificeringen för hjälpmedelsprodukter)
- Hjälpmedel för uppmätning och dosering av medicin för att säkerställa dess rätta användning (ISO 04.19.04)
- Sittdynor och underlägg för trycksårsprevention (ISO 04.33.03)
- Standing frames and supports for standing (ISO 04.48.39)
- Spinala ortoser och huvudortoser (ISO 06.03)
- Nedre extremitetsortoser (ISO 06.12)
- Fotledsortoser (ISO 06.12.06)
- Nedre extremitetsproteser (ISO 06.24)
- Skor och stövlar (ISO 09.03.42)
- Flyttbara toalettstolar (ISO 09.12.03)
- Toalettstolsförhöjningar, fristående (ISO 09.12.12)
- Absorberande hjälpmedel vid inkontinens (ISO 09.30)
- Shower chairs with and without wheels (ISO 09.33.07)
- Stödkäppar (ISO 12.03.03)
- Armbågskryckor (ISO 12.03.06)
- Underarmskryckor (Ra-kryckkäppar) (ISO 12.03.09)
- Axillarkryckor (ISO 12.03.12)
- Gåstativ (ISO 12.06.03)
- Rollatorer (ISO 12.06.06)
- Guide canes (ISO 12.08.03)
- Manuella tvåhjulsdrivna rullstolar (ISO 12.22.03)
- Eldrivna rullstolar med manuell styrning (ISO 12.23.03)
- Eldrivna rullstolar med motoriserad styrning (ISO 12.23.06)
- Drivaggregat för manuella rullstolar (ISO 12.24.09)
- Accessories for wheelchair seating (ISO 12.25)
- Transportrullstolar (ISO 12.27.04)
- Ledstänger (ISO 18.18.03)
- Fasta stödhandtag (ISO 18.18.06)
- Löstagbara stödhandtag (ISO 18.18.10)
- Portabla rampér (ISO 18.30.15)
- Glasögon och kontaktlinser (ISO 22.03.06)
- Glas, linser och linssystem som förstorar (ISO 22.03.09)
- Förstorande video-system (ISO 22.03.18)
- I-örat-apparater (ISO 22.06.12)
- Bakom-örat-apparater (ISO 22.06.15)
- Sound transmission systems for hearing aids (ISO 22.06.25)
- Manual Braille writing equipment (ISO 22.13.27)
- Typewriters (ISO 22.13.30)
- Portable note-taking devices for Braille (ISO 22.13.36)
- Utrustning för att spela in och återge ljud (ISO 22.18.03)
- Decoders för videotext och text-TV (ISO 22.18.21)
- Bokstavs- och symbolsatser/tavlor (ISO 22.21.03)
- Samtalsapparater (ISO 22.21.09)
- Programvara för närkommunikation (ISO 22.21.12)
- Devices mainly for speech communication (ISO 22.24.07)
- Clocks and timepieces (ISO 22.28.03)
- Calendars and timetables (ISO 22.28.06)
- Memory support products (ISO 22.28.12)
- Signalling devices (ISO 22.29.03)
- Personal emergency alarm systems (ISO 22.29.06)
- Localization and tracking systems (ISO 22.29.12)
- Bärbara datorer och hand- och fickdatorer (ISO 22.33.06)
- Speciella programvaror för presentation (ISO 22.39.12)
- Assistive products for electronic orientation (ISO 22.45.03)
- Software for operating electrical devices (ISO 24.13.24)
