Descrição
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.
Assunto (de acordo com a classificação ISO de produtos de apoio)
- Produtos de apoio para a medição, distribuição ou modificação da medicação para garantir a sua utilização adequada (ISO 04.19.04)
- Almofadas para sentar e materiais de proteção para prevenir a integridade do tecido (ISO 04.33.03)
- Standing frames and supports for standing (ISO 04.48.39)
- Ortóteses para a coluna e crânio (ISO 06.03)
- Ortóteses para membro inferior (ISO 06.12)
- Ortóteses para pé e tornozelo (ISO 06.12.06)
- Próteses para o membro inferior (ISO 06.24)
- Sapatos e botas (ISO 09.03.42)
- Cadeiras sanitárias (ISO 09.12.03)
- Assentos sanitários elevandos montados em estrutura (ISO 09.12.12)
- Produtos de apoio para absorção de urina e fezes (ISO 09.30)
- Cadeiras de banho com ou sem rodas (ISO 09.33.07)
- Bengalas e bastões (ISO 12.03.03)
- Canadianas (ISO 12.03.06)
- Canadianas de antebraço (ISO 12.03.09)
- Muletas axilares (ISO 12.03.12)
- Andarilhos sem rodas (ISO 12.06.03)
- Andarilhos com rodas (ISO 12.06.06)
- Guide canes (ISO 12.08.03)
- Cadeira de rodas manual manobrada bimanualmente por propulsão (ISO 12.22.03)
- Cadeira de rodas elétrica com comando de direção manual (ISO 12.23.03)
- Cadeira de rodas elétrica com comando de direcção eléctrico (ISO 12.23.06)
- Unidades de propulsão para cadeiras de rodas manuais (ISO 12.24.09)
- Accessories for wheelchair seating (ISO 12.25)
- Cadeiras de transporte (ISO 12.27.04)
- Corrimões e barras de apoio (ISO 18.18.03)
- Barras e pegas de apoio fixo (ISO 18.18.06)
- Barras e pegas removíveis (ISO 18.18.10)
- Rampas portáveis (ISO 18.30.15)
- Óculos e lentes de contato (ISO 22.03.06)
- Óculos, lentes e sistemas de lentes para ampliação (ISO 22.03.09)
- Sistemas vídeo para ampliação de imagem (ISO 22.03.18)
- Aparelhos auditivos intra-auriculares (ISO 22.06.12)
- Aparelhos auditivos retro-auriculares (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)
- Gravadores e leitores de som (ISO 22.18.03)
- Descodificadores para videotexto e teletexto (ISO 22.18.21)
- Quadros e conjuntos de letras e/ou símbolos (ISO 22.21.03)
- Comunicadores (ISO 22.21.09)
- Software de comunicação cara-a-cara (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)
- Computadores portáteis e assistentes pessoais digitais (PDA) (ISO 22.33.06)
- Software de saída especial (ISO 22.39.12)
- Assistive products for electronic orientation (ISO 22.45.03)
- Software for operating electrical devices (ISO 24.13.24)
