Opis
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)
- Pripomočki za doziranje (ISO 04.19.04)
- Sedežne blazine in vložki za preprečevanje preležanin (ISO 04.33.03)
- Standing frames and supports for standing (ISO 04.48.39)
- Ortoze za hrbtenico in lobanjo (ISO 06.03)
- Ortoze za spodnje ude (ISO 06.12)
- Ortoze za gleženj in stopalo (ISO 06.12.06)
- Proteze za spodnje ude (ISO 06.24)
- Čevlji in škornji (ISO 09.03.42)
- Sobna stranišča (ISO 09.12.03)
- Povišice za toaletno školjko (samostojne) (ISO 09.12.12)
- Pripomočki za absorpcijo urina in fekalij (plenice) (ISO 09.30)
- Tuširni stoli z in brez koles (ISO 09.33.07)
- Palice za hojo (ISO 12.03.03)
- Podlaketne bergle (ISO 12.03.06)
- Bergle za nadlaktno podporo (ISO 12.03.09)
- Podpazdušne bergle (ISO 12.03.12)
- Hodulje - navadne (ISO 12.06.03)
- Hodulje s kolesi (rolator) (ISO 12.06.06)
- Guide canes (ISO 12.08.03)
- Invalidski vozički, ki se jih poganja z obema rokama (ISO 12.22.03)
- Invalidski vozički na elektromotorni pogon z ročnim krmiljenjem (ISO 12.23.03)
- Invalidski vozički na elektromotorni pogon z elektronskim krmiljenjem (ISO 12.23.06)
- Pogonske enote za invalidske vozičke na ročni pogon (ISO 12.24.09)
- Accessories for wheelchair seating (ISO 12.25)
- Transportni stoli (ISO 12.27.04)
- Ročaji in držala (ISO 18.18.03)
- Pritrjeni ročaji in držala (ISO 18.18.06)
- Odstranljivi ročaji in držala (ISO 18.18.10)
- Prenosne rampe (ISO 18.30.15)
- Očala in kontaktne leče (ISO 22.03.06)
- Lupe, leče in sistemi leč za povečavo (ISO 22.03.09)
- Video sistemi s povečavo slike (ISO 22.03.18)
- V-ušesni slušni pripomočki (ISO 22.06.12)
- Za-ušesni slušni pripomočki (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)
- Naprave za snemanje in predvajanje zvoka (ISO 22.18.03)
- Dekoderji za videotekst in tekstovne televizorje. (ISO 22.18.21)
- Seti in table črk in simbolov (ISO 22.21.03)
- Enote dialoga (ISO 22.21.09)
- Programska oprema za komunikacijo v živo (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)
- Prenosni računalniki in osebni digitalni asistenti (PDA) (ISO 22.33.06)
- Posebna programska oprema za predstavljanje vsebine na računalniku (ISO 22.39.12)
- Assistive products for electronic orientation (ISO 22.45.03)
- Software for operating electrical devices (ISO 24.13.24)
