Apraksts
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.
Subject (according to the ISO classification of assistive products)
- Palīglīdzekļi medikamentu nomērīšanai, dozēšanai vai pielāgošanai, lai nodrošinātu to pienācīgu lietošanu. (ISO 04.19.04)
- Spilveni izgulējumu profilaksei un paliktņi audu integritātes aizsardzībai (ISO 04.33.03)
- Standing frames and supports for standing (ISO 04.48.39)
- Muguras un galvaskausa ortozes (ISO 06.03)
- Apakšējo ekstremitāšu ortozes (ISO 06.12)
- Potītes-pēdas ortozes (ISO 06.12.06)
- Apakšējo ekstremitāšu protēzes (ISO 06.24)
- Kurpes un zābaki (ISO 09.03.42)
- Tualetes krēsli (ISO 09.12.03)
- Rāmim piemontēti tualetes poda paaugstinājumi (ISO 09.12.12)
- Palīglīdzekļi urīna un fēču absorbcijai (ISO 09.30)
- Dušas krēsli ar riteņiem vai bez tiem (ISO 09.33.07)
- Nūjas un spieķi (ISO 12.03.03)
- Elkoņa atbalsta kruķi (ISO 12.03.06)
- Apakšdelma atbalsta kruķi (ISO 12.03.09)
- Paduses atbalsta kruķi (ISO 12.03.12)
- Staigāšanas rāmji (ISO 12.06.03)
- Rollatori (ISO 12.06.06)
- Guide canes (ISO 12.08.03)
- Bimanuālie riteņkrēsli ar riteņu stīpu vadību (ISO 12.22.03)
- Elektropiedziņas riteņkrēsli ar Plaukstas stūrēšanas sistēmu (ISO 12.23.03)
- Elektropiedziņas riteņkrēsli ar elektronisko stūrēšanas sistēmu (ISO 12.23.06)
- Manuālo riteņkrēslu dzeniekārtas (ISO 12.24.09)
- Accessories for wheelchair seating (ISO 12.25)
- Pārvadāšanas krēsli (ISO 12.27.04)
- Margas un atbalsta stieņi (ISO 18.18.03)
- Nostiprināti atbalsta stieņi un rokturi (ISO 18.18.06)
- Noņemami atbalsta stieņi un rokturi (ISO 18.18.10)
- Pārnēsājamas rampas (ISO 18.30.15)
- Brilles un kontaktlēcas (ISO 22.03.06)
- Ar palielināmiem stikliem aprīkotas brilles, palielināmie stikli un to sistēmas attēla palielināšanai (ISO 22.03.09)
- Attēlu palielinošas video sistēmas (ISO 22.03.18)
- Iekšauss dzirdes aparāti (ISO 22.06.12)
- Aizauss dzirdes aparāti (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)
- Skaņas ierakstīšanas un atskaņošanas ierīces (ISO 22.18.03)
- Videoteksta un teksta televīzijas dekoderi (ISO 22.18.21)
- Burtu un simbolu komplekti un tāfeles (ISO 22.21.03)
- Dialoga aparatūra (ISO 22.21.09)
- Programmatūra komunikācijai klātienē (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)
- Pārnēsājamie datori un plaukstdatori (PDA) (ISO 22.33.06)
- Specializētā izvades programmatūra (ISO 22.39.12)
- Assistive products for electronic orientation (ISO 22.45.03)
- Software for operating electrical devices (ISO 24.13.24)
