VSR SPORT Portable Balance System

Description

VSR SPORT Portable Balance System
Ensure balance is a part of your test battery with reliable and valid technology!
Program Management
• Concussion
• Fall prevention
Balance Assessment
• Baseline and compare to post-injury
• Compare to normative data
Normative Data
• Modified Clinical Test of the Sensory Interaction on Balance (mCTSIB)
• Stability Evaluation Test (SET)
• Weight Bearing Squat (WBS)
Rehabilitation Training
• Sequence training
• Customized rehabilitation programs
Performance Optimization
• Measure speed and accuracy
• Off-the-block reaction time
VSR SPORT
is a portable, easy-to-use solution for assessing balance objectively, ideal for athletic trainers, sports medicine practitioners, physical therapists and physicians who want to optimize athletic performance, speed rehabilitation, and make safer play and return-to-play decisions following any mild traumatic brain injury. Balance assessment has been identified as one of three essential elements of a successful concussion management program. “VSR SPORT was designed specifically for the athletic market by Natus, the world leader in balance and mobility solutions. The Stability Evaluation Test (SET) measures postural sway and other protocols to objectively assess an athlete’s functional balance control across multiple stances.” This is also a portable balance system that can screen older adults to help assess for falls and try to prevent them by using the popular modified Clinical Test of the Sensory Interaction on Balance (mCTSIB). It incorporates the same NASA-based science as in the company’s high-end systems, which are used by more than 90% of the nation’s top hospitals. Read on to learn more about the how SET and CTSIB are correlated to the well-researched Sensory Organization Test (SOT).
Concussion Managment Program
Better data, better decisions
Benefits for your concussion management program:
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Create baseline assessments:
Know before you let an athlete play how stable they are. Establish a database for measuring an athlete’s performance progress or injury impact. A reference database is also available for comparison to peers.
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Improve concussion care and make safer play and return-to-play decisions
: Base decisions on objective assessments of postural control and sway velocity – data that can’t be hidden or under-reported, no matter how eager an athlete is to get back to play.
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Safeguard athletes’ long-term health
: Reduce the possibility of second-impact syndrome following concussion and subsequent permanent damage by utilizing the Rule of Three: Symptoms, Cognitive and Balance assessments. These assessments help to make the most objective decision possible for returning an athlete to play.
Move beyond the sidelines –
with VSR SPORT you can also:
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Measure off-the-block reaction time, speed and accuracy
and compare results to baseline data or between athletes using LOS (Limits of Stability).
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Identify subtle ankle, hip and knee instabilities
and otherwise unseen compensations that might put athletes at risk for overuse injuries (by relying too heavily on one leg) or injury due to mild instabilities (shifting off the unstable side) using WBS (Weight Bearing Squat).
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Customize rehabilitative programs
with progressive weight-bearing exercises for strengthening ankle, knee, hip and lumbar stability with Custom Training.
Standardized assessment protocols
NEW Stability Evaluation Test (SET)
The SET protocol provides objective analysis of the athlete’s functional balance control based on the individual’s postural sway velocity during six testing conditions over a period of 2-5 minutes. The results of the SET protocol are presented in graphical form, with COG traces shown for each condition tested and a composite score provided that quantifies the COG sway or postural stability in a weighted average of all six conditions.
Limits of Stability (LOS)
The LOS is an assessment of the voluntary motor system that quantifies impairments in ability to intentionally displace the center of gravity (COG) to the patient’s stability limits without losing balance.
Weight Bearing Squat (WBS)
During WBS, the patient is instructed to maintain equal weight on each leg while standing erect and then squatting in three positions of knee flexion.
Unilateral Stance (US)
The US quantifies postural sway velocity with the patient standing on either the right or left foot with eyes open and with eyes closed.
Rhythmic Weight Shift (RWS)
The RWS quantifies the patient’s ability to rhythmically move their COG from left to right and forward to backward between two targets at three distinct speeds. The measured parameters are the on-axis COG velocity and directional control.
Training protocols with visual biofeedback
Sequence Training
provides the clinician with exercise options that may be used with diverse patients to achieve a wide variety of treatment goals.
Closed Chain Training
activities are specifically designed for patients with ankle, knee, hip, and spine (lumbar) problems. They provide options for progressive weight bearing activities from partial- to full-weight bearing status, allowing for early mobilization.
Fall Prevention Program
Reach older adults at risk for falls
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Modified Clinical Test of the Sensory Interaction on Balance
(mCTSIB) includes four conditions designed to simulate visual and support surface conditions frequently encountered in daily life activities
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A simplified derivative of the well-known Sensory Organization Test
(SOT) that provides objective evidence of sensory dysfunction
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mCTSIB will uncover most patients with disequilibrium balance problems
and provide the information required to support further assessments
• Expanding your patient base from pediatrics to older adults to maximize on your investment to assess and rehabilitate balance disorders
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Assess the need for further testing
in patients with complaints related to balance dysfunction, and to establish objective baselines for treatment planning and outcome measurement
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Document progress
in a rehabilitation program
Technical specifications
Components
• NeuroCom® Balance Manager® software suite
• 18"x 30" static force plate
• Windows®-based laptop computer
• Wireless mouse
• Medical-grade isolation power supply
Accessories included
• NCM-FOAM CTSIB Black foam pad: 18 x 18 x 5 in (46 x 46 x 13 cm)
• 010523 VSR SPORT soft case (fits force plate and 30" long foam pad)