2907 Eva Multifunctional Board

EVA MULTIFUNCTIONAL BOARD

Proprioceptive board and rectangular unstable base; 28.6×48.2×9 cm. The rigid rectangular base, made of lightly coated wood, is combined with a cushion made of medium-soft crescent-shaped moulded EVA. The combination of these elements allows the tablet a tidy and manageable instability as well as an exceptional versatility of use.

In fact, the Multifunctional Board can be used either by supporting the feet, especially in a single-footed manner, or with the hands, in both directions. In the inverted position, base facing downwards, the EVA cushion generates a high gelatinous effect that is useful for proprioception exercises, especially aimed at plantar sensitivity.

Dimensions 286 x 482 x 90 mm, weight 1.2 kg

Unstable bases

They are proprioceptive boards, or Freeman boards if you prefer, those which, thanks to a hemisphere applied under the board itself, cause instability. Balance boards are used for both rehabilitation and prevention, practices that are mainly aimed at athletes, whether amateurs or professionals.

How is proprioception stimulated? First of all, we must remember what proprioceptors do. They send messages to the central nervous system to provide feedback information, signalling to the brain the movements the body is making.

Balance boards are therefore used to recover (or strengthen) the ankle and knee joints, restoring the motor patterns that ensure static and dynamic balance. This pattern of neuromotor stimulation is also extremely important in an elderly person, who can improve many muscular and nervous faculties with the use of the board.

Here are a few exercises listed on the basis of difficulty:

• While seated, one foot on the board to mobilise the ankle (very easy)
• One foot on the ground and one on the board to mobilise the ankle (easy)
• Both feet on the tablet to try to maintain balance (medium)
• One foot on the tablet (difficult)
• Two feet on the tablet with eyes closed (very difficult)
• As above with the operator disturbing the subject with small pushes (very difficult)

Obviously, the difficulty should be measured on the subject being trained and with respect to where he or she is in the re-education. In the case of a healthy subject, the last three proposals can be used for prevention and improvement of proprioception.

See also:

cod. 2909 Balance Pad
cod. 1011 Round wooden balance board
cod. 1012 Square wooden balance board
cod. 3002 Balance Board
cod. 9208 Wood-coloured EVA floor mats