Help on price of product

[alophysio]

Hi - i agree with physiobob on a number of points.

1. If it costs more than 100-200 dollars, i really have to see whether it is is worth the money or not. Will more patients come to see me because i have this tool? Will i get a better result because i have this - at the moment i would argue not although it may improve compliance with exercise if it is interesting...

2. I only use wobbleboards to keep the surgeons happy - they ask for it, they want to hear their patients are using it, i want their referrals - you know how it goes. I give them more functional things to do but make sure i follow their guidelines because in the real world, the surgeon just asks "did the physio give you wobble-board exercises?" and i want my patients to be able to answer "yes"!

3. Wobble boards do not improve proprioception.

4. I have found that standing on it with one leg improves the muscles in the arch of my foot - that is what i use it for!

Good luck - unless it is part of some ground-breaking research that means everyone will want to buy one, i don't think pricing it high will help

[mceff]

One thing I am learning frorm this little exercise is that unless you actually have a live evaluation of the product, you will attach a very low value to the product.
I have been to two different universities and 4 private practices and the average estimate of the value of the product is $1700.00.

I would be interested to know if either of your opinions would be different if you downloaded the software and looked at the demo version. Maybe not, as you still won't see what it is like if are actually on a wobble board.

So this discussion has really been about usefulness of wobble board training, which is fair enough if that is all you do with our sensor. But as PhysioBob very astutely observed, if we can stick it on a wobble board we can stick it on anything.

If either of you are in Melbourne (or Sydney) I am happy to drop by to give you a live demo.

[physiobob]

Sorry Murray, I am in London right now. I would be interested in ideas for sticking your sensor on other things. Could it go inside a shoe for example?

[mceff]

We will be bringing out a version of our sensor later with the ability to be attached to a limb or other body part (eg head). Lots of uses for that of course.

[physiobob]

Good thinking