We are excited to announce the release of Norms: integrated normative data in VALD Hub. Starting with ForceDecks data then rolling out across all of our products’ datasets in 2024, Norms are another significant milestone on our journey to provide intuitive, actionable insights to our clients and improve outcomes in all settings: healthcare, performance, defense and more.| valdperformance.com
Included with all VALD products at no additional cost, VALD Hub sits at the heart of VALD’s systems.| valdperformance.com
At VALD, we get a lot of questions about our pricing model; how it works, what it includes and excludes, and what it means for our clients. This article will help explain how the VALD pricing model works and why we think it’s the best possible way for us to deliver value to health and performance professionals and the broader musculoskeletal (MSK) industry.| valdperformance.com
This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and concurrent validity of VALD’s ForceDecks Dual Force Plate System against gold standard laboratory force plates across a range of common performance monitoring and rehabilitation-focused assessments.| valdperformance.com
In the early days of commercialisation, force plates were large, cumbersome, and required manual analysis to transform the raw data collected. This limited their usage to biomechanics laboratories.| valdperformance.com
In recent years, force plates have become a mainstay in health, sport, tactical, and academic sectors. Where historically only a few, highly complex and expensive options existed in the market, there are now a wide array of force plate brands and models that are accessible to practitioners in the field.| valdhealth.com
ForceDecks Dual Force Plate System by VALD automatically calculates Centre of Pressure (CoP) metrics when a balance assessment is performed. Lower values for total excursion, mean velocity and area of CoP ellipse are typically associated with an individual having good postural control. Multiple factors should be considered when making clinical judgements as there is not a consensus among force plate researchers on the correct interpretation of many CoP metrics.| valdhealth.com
