Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
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Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol · Jul 2020
ReviewIterative processes: a review of semi-supervised machine learning in rehabilitation science.
Purpose: To define semi-supervised machine learning (SSML) and explore current and potential applications of this analytic strategy in rehabilitation research. Method: We conducted a scoping review using PubMed, GoogleScholar and Medline. Studies were included if they: (1) described a semi-supervised approach to apply machine learning algorithms during data analysis and (2) examined constructs encompassed by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). ⋯ Semi-supervised machine learning approaches uses a combination of labelled and unlabelled data to produce accurate predictive models, thereby requiring less user-input data than other machine learning approaches (i.e., supervised, unsupervised), reducing resource cost and user-burden. Semi-supervised machine learning is an iterative process that, when applied to rehabilitation assessment and outcomes, could produce accurate personalized models for treatment. Rehabilitation researchers and data scientists should collaborate to implement semi-supervised machine learning approaches in rehabilitation research, optimizing the power of large datasets that are becoming more readily available within the field (e.g., EEG signals, sensors, smarthomes).
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Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol · Jul 2020
Cross-cultural adaptation of wheelchair skills test (version 4.3) for wheelchair users and caregivers to the Portuguese language (Brazil).
Objective: To perform cross-cultural adaptation of the Wheelchair Skills Test of manual wheelchair users and their caregivers into the Brazilian Portuguese language. Methods: The study was composed of translation, synthesis of translations, back-translation, review by an expert committee and pre-test, when the test was applied in the target population. Included were translators, subject specialists and coordinators to carry out the cross-cultural adaptation process, and manual wheelchair users and their caregivers with at least six months of wheelchair experience for the pre-test. ⋯ Implications for rehabilitationThe need to use wheelchair (WC) properly has made clinicians and rehabilitation professionals more concerned with assessing and training users' abilities with their WC. Cross-cultural adaptation allows for the linguistic modification of the original language of the evaluation tool into a new language and enables the comparison of research results in different countries. Immediate use of the instrument for WC users and caregivers in Brazil, both for evaluation and for training, is necessary and may be a means for rehabilitation professionals to improve their evaluations, their treatments and optimize the skills that aim at independence.