Objective
The interdisciplinary workprogramme here proposed is aimed at the assessment of Computer Aided Movement Analysis Systems in the Context of the clinical Rehabilitation of motor disabilities.
An interdisciplinary project has been established aimed at the assessment of computer aided movement analysis systems in the context of the clinical rehabilitation of motor disabilities. The programme attempted to overcome the problems of limited clinical acceptance of movement analysis in this field. The following activities have been performed:
In practice the following activities have been performed: implementation of a knowledge base for normal locomotion and definition of a basically causal model of the locomotion process;
identification of a limited set of pathologies on which to focus;
identification of and first contacts with clinical experts;
development of algorithms based on the automatic inference approach to be used for the control of support devices for motor impaired people;
collection and first assessment of shared experiences relative to the clinical and experimental protocols;
definition of a proposal of data presentation for rehabilitation purposes;
assessment of reliable algorithms for data processing, in particular relative to rigid body photogrammetry and kinematics;
development and improvement of preliminary versions of a user friendly interface;
execution of a Europe wide inquiry on the use and the need of movement analysis (MA) techniques in the field of motor rehabilitation;
assessment of a proposal for the technical evaluation of biokinematic instrumentation and discussion on this topic with manufacturers;
assessment of a proposal for the data format aimed at the communicability of the results;
development of a large set of contacts with institutions and professionals involved in motor rehabilitation;
assessment of the existing instrumentation;
definition of preliminary functional specifications for new instrumentation. The results were specifications, technical and normative reports, hardware laboratory prototypes, software packages and prototype demonstrators. The possible exploitation of these results is mainly scientific. All deliverables produced by the project are classified as public or restricted. The software packages are meant for a precommercial exploitation and are made available for the clinical rehabilitation community. No commercial exploitation of the results is foreseen in the present phase.
The temporal perspective of the program is 18 months with respect to the Exploratory Action AIM : The overall temporal perspective of the program is five years.
The program is a 10 man years one, with 9 partners and a subcontractor.
The relationships of the CAMARC project with the AIM program objectives refer mainly to the Action Line II, specifically the Task T630 ; lighter connections exist with Task T423 and with Task T611 ; general connections exist with A.L. I and A.L III.
The overall objectives of the CAMARC project are :
- to integrate the existing instrumentation by means of suitable hardware and software interfaces towards the various measurement systems ;
- to define a comprehensive Knowledge Base (KB) of the assessed Movement Analysis experience and to implement a suitable Representation of such a Knowledge ;
- to define, on the largest consensus basis, protocols for data capturing and processing, comprehensive of the development of suitable instrumentation, tailored for various clinical applications ;
- to constitute consistent KB using quantitative data and to make them accessible by suitable networking ;
- to access suitable Friendly Interfaces, developed in A.I. languages, aimed at the easy communication and understanding of the results between the users and at the growth of a pertinent medical knowledge using quantitative data.
During the Exploratory Phase preliminary results and feasibility studies will be carried out.
The methodology to follow is based on a strict concertation between the partners, foresees regular contacts with outstanding groups around the world and is aimed at a final evaluation of the results by independent outstanding clinical teams and structures.
The program is articulated in the following five Main Tasks (MT) :
a) Movement Analysis Knowledge (MAK) Representation ;
b) System Integration ;
c) Modelling and DSP ;
d) Instrumentation ;
e) Technical and Clinical Evaluation.
Each MT is in turn articulated in Work Packages, and these in activities, according to a tree-like structure. Only the first four MT will be pursued during the Exploratory Phase.
Results of program will be specifications, technical and normative reports, software packages and some prototype demonstrators.
Main Deliverables :
Technical reports on analysis and formalization of existing movement knowledge. Prototype demonstrators of M.A. knowledge base, normative reports for standardization of clinical and experimental protocols, software packages concerning M.A.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicinephysiotherapy
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencecomputer visionmotion analysis
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepathology
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata processing
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Italy