Arlati Sara, Spoladore Daniele, Mottura Stefano, Zangiacomi Andrea, Ferrigno Giancarlo, Sacchetti Rinaldo, Sacco Marco
Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation, National Research Council, Milan, Italy.
Work. 2018;61(4):603-625. doi: 10.3233/WOR-182829.
Return to work represents an important milestone for workers who were injured during a workplace accident, especially if the injury results in needing a wheelchair for locomotion.
The aim of the study was to design a framework for training novice wheelchair users in regaining autonomy in activities of daily living and in the workplace and for providing medical personnel with objective data on users' health and work-related capabilities.
The framework design was accomplished following the "Usability Engineering Life Cycle" model. According to it, three subsequent steps defined as "Know your User", "Competitive Analysis" and "Participatory Design" have been carried out to devise the described framework.
The needs of the end-users of the framework were identified during the first phase; the Competitive Analysis phase addressed standard care solutions, Virtual Reality-based wheelchair simulators, the current methodologies for the assessment of the health condition of people with disability and the use of semantic technologies in human resources. The Participatory Design phase led to the definition of an integrated user-centred framework supporting the return to work of wheelchair users.
The results of this work consists in the design of an innovative training process based on virtual reality scenarios and supported by semantic web technologies. In the near future, the design process will proceed in collaboration with the Italian National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL). The whole framework will be then implemented to support the current vocational rehabilitation process within INAIL premises.
对于在工作场所事故中受伤的工人来说，重返工作岗位是一个重要的里程碑，尤其是当受伤导致需要轮椅来行动时。
本研究的目的是设计一个框架，用于培训新手轮椅使用者在日常生活活动和工作场所中重新获得自主性，并为医务人员提供有关使用者健康和与工作相关能力的客观数据。
框架设计遵循“可用性工程生命周期”模型完成。据此，进行了定义为“了解你的用户”、“竞争分析”和“参与式设计”的三个后续步骤，以设计所述框架。
在第一阶段确定了框架最终用户的需求；竞争分析阶段涉及标准护理解决方案、基于虚拟现实的轮椅模拟器、评估残疾人健康状况的当前方法以及语义技术在人力资源中的应用。参与式设计阶段导致定义了一个以用户为中心的综合框架，支持轮椅使用者重返工作岗位。
这项工作的成果在于设计了一个基于虚拟现实场景并由语义网技术支持的创新培训过程。在不久的将来，设计过程将与意大利国家工伤事故保险研究所（INAIL）合作进行。然后将实施整个框架，以支持INAIL场所内当前的职业康复过程。
