Features of the use of neural network technologies (AI) by specialists in therapeutic physical culture and rehabilitation when planning and conducting personalised sessions with adults

Аннотация

Objective of the study is to examine the features of the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) tools into the professional activity of specialists in therapeutic and adaptive physical culture when conducting health-improving sessions with persons who have suffered an acute cerebrovascular accident (ACVA) and who are undergoing rehabilitation in the residual (late) period of the ACVA. In order to achieve the aims of the present study, an examination and analysis were carried out of the structure of users’ queries – prompts – to AI, of the identification of the preferred neural networks (platforms), and also of the comparison of users’ expectations with what was achieved in practice when following the automated recommendations of AI.

Methods and structure of the study. The research was carried out in three stages. At the first – ascertaining – stage an initial questionnaire survey of the respondents was conducted, represented by 88 specialists in physical rehabilitation and in therapeutic and adaptive physical culture (men and women aged 31–59 years, with more than 10 years of professional experience) working in rehabilitation centres, physical culture and health complexes and Moscow Longevity centres. At the second – formative – stage a training online seminar was organised, directed at forming competences in the field of prompt engineering. The participants were taught the method of constructing effective queries to artificial intelligence systems using a structured prompt formula. At the third, control stage, in order to verify the data obtained, a repeat questionnaire survey and a comparative analysis of the results before and after the training of the respondents were carried out.

Results and conclusions. Despite the active use of neural network technologies in their professional activity, specialists in therapeutic and adaptive physical culture note the limited capabilities of artificial intelligence in understanding the individual context and the depth of the tasks, in particular in diagnosing the functional state of patients and participants and in drawing up individual training programmes. A substantial factor limiting the potential of using artificial intelligence is the insufficient methodological preparation of specialists in the field of prompt engineering. Ignorance of the rules of constructing effective prompts for AI leads to an incorrect formulation of the task and, as a consequence, to the obtaining of irrelevant or incomplete results.