The king of hamstring testing
The NordBord (patented) is a fast, easy, accurate and reliable system for monitoring hamstring strength and imbalance.
Combining advanced sensors, real-time data visualisation and cloud analytics, the NordBord is a comprehensive system for accurately quantifying and monitoring an athlete’s hamstring strength and imbalance.
How the NordBord works
Research is in our D.N.A
The NordBord was invented by leading sports science researchers Dr. Tony Shield and Dr. David Opar, who went on to publish powerful findings from Australian Rules Football, Soccer and Rugby (among other) cohorts which would revolutionise how elite sporting organisations understand, manage and rehabilitate hamstring strain injuries.
Other leading researchers around the world continue to use the NordBord to measure, improve and understand hamstring strength and injury risk, allowing high-performance professionals to get more and more value from their NordBords over time as our collective knowledge base deepens.
Test and train isometric and eccentric hamstring strength
With its simple, easy-to-use design, the NordBord can be used to quickly measure hamstring strength and imbalance in a range of positions and exercises.
HARDWARE
- Easy-to-attach hooks - 360 Pivoting and fold away
- Strong sturdy frame - Used and trusted by some of the world's strongest and largest athletes
- Comfortable knee pad with numbered positions to speed up tests
- Portable - Integrated wheels
SOFTWARE
- Useful data. Every time - The NordBord app makes data collection easy for you. Connect NordBord to your PC or iOS device via USB or Bluetooth to see results in real-time so you can provide immediate feedback to athletes, as well as comparisons with past sessions.
- Easily use - NordBord data with metrics from other systems to inform weekly, targeted training plans built directly in the app.
- Real-time biofeedback - Live graphing of the force trace shows hamstring strength in newtons for left and right leg, and the maximum strength for each repetition and average strength across all repetitions is highlighted for quick review.
- Actionable analytics, accessible anywhere - Once a test or training session is complete full test results are uploaded to VALD Hub, our centralised cloud storage and analytics platform. Review individual tests, compare results over time, or assess across cohorts.
About VALD
VALD exists to help health and performance professionals to make better decisions.
VALD’s innovative human measurement technologies are used by over 1,000 of the world’s most elite sporting teams, clinics, universities, hospitals and defence departments.
Driven by a multidisciplinary team of researchers, clinicians, sports scientists, designers, developers and engineers, VALD systems offer unparalleled insight into human movement, performance, injury risk and rehabilitation.
The VALD suite includes ForceDecks Dual Force Plate System, NordBord Hamstring Testing System, ForceFrame Strength Testing System, AirBands BFR Cuffs, HumanTrak Movement Analysis System and TeleHab Exercise Prescription App.