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The Balance Mat comes with a lifetime guarantee. It operates on your own computer or laptop running Windows 10 or 11 or macOS. Results are viewable on-screen in real-time as a moving graph and score and can be stored in the online Balance Mat test results system at https://balancemat.org – the Balance Mat Portal – for comparison over time – making it ideal for seniors exercise classes and individualised treatment. You can buy or subscribe below using our secure payment system or request an invoice from us.
Terms & Conditions
Balance Mat technology comprises a computerised floor mat, connection cable, operating software and online Balance Mat test results system. It is used in accordance with the Balance Mat End User Licence Agreement (EULA), Terms of Service (TOS), Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) and Privacy & Cookies Policies (see https://balancemat.org).
You can subscribe monthly or annually. In either case, the first 30 days are free. Subscriptions start from the date you receive your Balance Mat, download the software and conduct your first balance test. Monthly subscriptions are subject to a one-time setup fee. Annual subscriptions are payable up-front with no setup fee.
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Multimetric Balance Mat
5 tests per person – eyes open
$1,953
($2,148.30 incl. GST)
Description
The Multimetric Balance Mat is programmed to run five 20-second balance tests with the person’s eyes open while standing on the computerised mat in these well-known balance testing stances: normal (feet shoulder-width apart), tandem, semi-tandem, left foot and right foot.
For practitioners
The Multimetric Balance Mat is used by general practitioners, nurses, allied health professionals and pharmacists. It aids in falls risk assessment in the community, home care, retirement village, aged care facility and hospital environments, where two 20-second tests (in normal and semi-tandem) are recommended. It can be used by providers for reablement and rehabilitation after injury, stroke and heart attack and for diabetes type 2 management.
For researchers and academics
The Multimetric Balance Mat can be used for research and teaching by university academics and students for the purposes set out above.
$1,953.00Add to cart
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Multimetric Balance Mat
5 tests per person – eyes open
$46.50/month
($51.15 incl. GST)
Monthly subscriptions are subject to a one-time setup fee, payable in advance.
General Terms & Conditions are set out above.
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Annual subscription
AEPs, Physios & University Researchers / Lecturers
$700/year
($770 incl. GST)
An annual subscription to a Multimetric, Neurometric or BESS Balance Mat is offered at a single flat rate. It is paid up-front and has no setup fee.
If you opt for an annual subscription please email or call Ian Bergman (ian@balancemetrix.com.au or mobile 0457 123 852) to advise the type of mat you would like to trial (for 30 days) and he will despatch it to you and get you started.
Please also provide your best contact number and postal address. After the trial you can pay for your annual subscriptiobn using the secure online system on this page or ask Ian for an invoice.
$700.00Add to cart
Photograph of Dr Maryam Ghahramani and PhD student Abishek Shrestha at University of Canberra Robotics Lab courtesy of Ryan J Fawke.
Neurometric Balance Mat & BESS Balance Mat
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Neurometric Balance Mat
10 tests per person – eyes open / closed
$2,373
($2,610.30 incl. GST)
Description
The Neurometric Balance Mat is programmed to run ten 20-second balance tests while the client is standing on the computerised mat in the normal (shoulder width apart), feet together, semi-tandem and tandem stances with their eyes open and then closed, and on their left and right feet with their eyes open.
For practitioners
The Neurometric Balance Mat is used by vestibular physiotherapists and neurological rehabilitation practitioners, doctors, nurses, geriatricians and allied health professionals like exercise physiologists and physiotherapists to assist in the screening, management and rehabilitation of clients with balance-related health conditions like diabetes, stroke and Parkinson’s disease.
For researchers and academics
As with the other Balance Mat models, the Neurometric Balance Mat can be used by university researchers, lecturers and students for the purposes set out above.
$2,373.00Add to cart
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Neurometric Balance Mat
10 tests per person – eyes open / closed
$56.50/month
($62.15 incl. GST)
Subject to a one-time setup fee of $180 ($198 incl. GST) with first 30 days free and no lock-in contract.
See description at left and terms & conditions above.
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BESS Balance Mat
3 tests per person – eyes closed
$1,785
($1,963.50 incl. GST)
Description
The BESS Balance Mat is programmed to run three 20-second balance tests with the person’s eyes closed while standing on the computerised mat in the normal, tandem and one-legged, dominant-foot stances. The system builds on the stances used in the manual Balance Error Scoring System and provides more sensitive results than the manual BESS.
For practitioners
The BESS Balance Mat is used by general practitioners, sports organisations and allied health professionals for the baseline screening and concussion monitoring of athletes.
For researchers and academics
As with the other Balance Mat models available, the BESS Balance Mat can also be used by university researchers, lecturers and students.
$1,785.00Add to cart
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BESS Balance Mat
3 tests per person – eyes closed
$42.50/month
($46.75 incl. GST)
Subject to a one-time setup fee of $180 ($198 incl. GST) with the first 30 days free and no lock-in contract
See description at left and terms & conditions above.
Balance testing services
Suitable for residential aged care facilities, retirement villages and positive ageing organisations
Balance Metrix will come to your premises and test people’s balance for $30 per person – internet discounted rate (normally $36 incl. GST per person) – for two falls risk assessment tests on the Balance Mat (in the normal and semi-tandem stances). To book balance tests for a group of ten people you can pay up-front using the shopping cart below. Alternatively, you can pass the $30 fee on to each client to pay us individually (contact margaret@balancemetrix.com.au to organise).
- Anybody with high postural sway on the Balance Mat will be advised to see their GP for investigation of the root cause of their balance impairment.
- People with medium postural sway will be encouraged to seek exercise-based physiotherapy or exercise physiology intervention.
- People with low postural sway will be encouraged to have another balance test in a year’s time as part of their annual healthcheck.
If you pay for the service (rather than have clients paying us) you will receive access to the balance test results online and be able to print out a PDF report of each person’s sway pattern graph and score for their files. You will also have access to a chart showing low, medium and high postural sway of all the group tested.
Photograph of Bill Tyrell, aged 93, at Garden Village, Port Macquarie used with permission.
Book now: 2 tests per person x 10 people for falls risk assessment
Data from these two tests classify people into low, medium and high postural sway, equating to low, medium and high falls risk.
$300.00Add to cart
Enquiries: Margaret Metz on mob. 0418 577 746, email margaret@balancemetrix.com.au or Ian Bergman mob. 0457 123 852, email ian@balancemetrix.com.au.
