DRIVING SIMULATOR FOR PERSONS WITH IMPAIRED COGNITION

描述(申请人提供)：脑损伤经常导致 认知障碍减轻个体？S判断驾驶的能力 准确地判断情况。康复专业人员使用道路测试来 确定个人是否可以安全驾驶，但这些测试通常是 在平静的条件下进行，几乎没有提供关于 个人？S回答了典型的、现实生活中的驾驶挑战。STISIM是一种 基于相对低成本、高性能、可定制的驾驶模拟器 基于标准的台式计算机技术。这项第二期工程的目的 项目是确定STISIM是否可以适应临床康复 供康复驾驶专业人员及其客户使用的市场 认知障碍。 在第一阶段进行了概念验证，从而创建了 驾驶场景提供了越来越复杂的驾驶挑战，因为 路线继续进行，开发数据收集和分析程序以 定量评估驾驶性能和先导测试 五种轻症受试者的情景、数据收集和处理方法 认知障碍和5名年龄匹配的对照组 减损。结果表明，该模拟器具有较强的仿真能力。 确定两组之间的显著驾驶差异。 在第二阶段，对STISIM硬件和软件的损害将是 实施。将进行一项多中心临床研究以评估 量表的重测信度、判别效度和同时效度 在使用有认知障碍的受试者时使用STISIM。此外，一个 将进行易用性研究和自我意识试点研究。在 第二阶段结束时，申请公司(STI)将准备搬进 将STISIM模拟器纳入改造的商业化阶段 市场。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Brain injury frequently results in cognitive impairment reducing an individual?s ability to judge driving situations accurately. Rehabilitation professionals use on-road tests to determine if an individual is safe to drive, but these tests are typically performed under calm conditions and offer little information on the individual?s responses to typical, real-life driving challenges. STISIM is a relatively low-cost, high performance, customizable driving simulator based upon standard desktop computer technology. The purpose of this Phase II STTR project is to determine if STISIM can be adapted to the clinical rehabilitation market for use by rehabilitation driving professionals and their client with cognitive impairments. Proof of concept was demonstrated in Phase I which resulted in the creation of a driving scenario that offers increasingly complex driving challenges as the route proceeds, the development of data collection and analysis procedures to quantitatively evaluate driving performance and the pilot testing of the scenario, data collection and processing methods using five subjects with mild cognitive impairments and five age-matched control subjects with no impairments. The result demonstrated that the simulator was capable of identifying significant driving differences between the two groups. In Phase II, impairments to the hardware and software of STISIM will be implemented. A multi-center clinical study will be conducted to evaluate test-retest reliability, discriminant validity and concurrent validity of STISIM when using subjects with cognitive impairments. In addition, an ease-of-use study and a self-awareness pilot study will be conducted. At the end of Phase II, the applicant company (STI) will be prepared to move into a commercialization phase to bring the STISIM simulator into the rehabilitation market.