Used by Division I athletic training programs and professional sports teams # They passed every test you ran. Their sport runs a different one. > Cognitive-motor training for Athletic Trainers. Pre-season baselines, in-season fatigue monitoring, and reactive return-to-play testing. Strength, symmetry, and hop tests clear an athlete in a quiet room. The Agility Rating scores reaction under cognitive load, across the whole roster, in minutes. Re-test on demand to see who's slipping mid-season. Download the Free Athletic Trainer Guide Request a Demo ## Force plate, strength, and hop tests aren't measuring the same thing. Both matter. Many programs add QuickBoard to their existing protocol, not instead of it. What standard RTS tests measure - Strength and quad torque output - Limb symmetry index - Hop distance - Functional performance under self-paced conditions These tests measure what the body produces on demand, with full attention, in a quiet room. What QuickBoard tests - Reaction time under cognitive load - Bilateral decision-making speed - Reactive accuracy - Symmetry under unanticipated reactive demands These tests measure how the nervous system controls movement when the athlete can't fully predict what comes next. Agility Rating ## One repeatable score for baselining a roster and supporting return-to-play decisions. A composite score from 0 to 10,000, built from four scored exercises on the sensor board. The assessment runs in under two minutes and auto-generates a PDF report per athlete. Re-test on demand to track change through the season. Baselining the roster Run the full team through in a single session. The score breaks into five dimensions, so you see which one is moving for each athlete, not just a single number with no explanation. The Symmetry Summary compares left and right and names the deficit side. One caution on reading symmetry: the better-performing side is labeled 100%. That means better, not recovered. Both sides can still be below where the athlete needs to be. The Agility Rating Report, generated after every assessment. Supporting return-to-play decisions The Agility Rating adds the reactive layer to an existing RTS battery. It does not replace strength, hop, or force plate testing, and it is not a clearance decision on its own. It shows what a self-paced battery cannot: how the athlete reacts, decides, and holds symmetry under unpredictable demand. The weakest dimension also flags where to focus before clearing them back to competition. Every assessment auto-generates a PDF, no manual data entry. See how the Agility Rating is scored Dual-Task Training ## Sport is never single-task. Most RTS batteries are. QuickBoard Companion syncs up to three additional iPads or iPhones to the sensor board session, each running one or more reaction stimuli. Reaction exercises Feet react on the board while hands react on the synced devices, at the same time. Speed-focused exercises Feet drive the board while hands react to stimuli on the companions. Fully automated The protocol runs on its own, so the clinician is free to work with other patients while it runs. One unified report Companion reaction times save alongside the sensor board results, no separate system to reconcile. That is what makes evidence-based dual-task training practical here. Done by hand, it is labor-intensive and the scoring is subjective. Companion running an upper-extremity reaction task while the lower body trains on the sensor board. A growing body of RTS research argues standard testing misses this. Hop tests, strength symmetry, and limb-symmetry batteries are single-task: the athlete's full attention is on the movement. Real injuries rarely happen that way. Grooms et al. (JOSPT, 2023) recommend adding a cognitive task to hop testing. Dual-task performance can flag reinjury risk that single-task tests miss. Chaaban et al. (2023) make the same case. Most ACL injuries happen while an athlete is thinking and moving at once. RTS testing should measure the same thing. Score your RTS battery in seven questions Evidence ## Passing physical clearance is not the same as being ready to react. ACL and athletic-population studies make the case: clearing a symmetry battery has not been shown to predict who reinjures, and reaction time tracks in-season fatigue that vertical jump misses. All citations below are ACL and athletic population only, with framing notes for each. Paterno et al. Journal of Athletic Training 2022 ACL return-to-sport population **Return-to-sport criteria after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction fail to identify the risk of second anterior cruciate ligament injury.** Journal of Athletic Training. Athletes who passed every return-to-sport criterion reinjured at rates no lower than athletes who failed them (Paterno et al., Journal of Athletic Training 2022). Clearing the symmetry battery has not been shown to identify who reinjures, which is the gap a cognitive-motor measure is meant to fill. Grindem et al. BJSM 2016 ACL return-to-sport population **Quadriceps strength symmetry and reinjury risk.** British Journal of Sports Medicine. More symmetric quadriceps strength before return is associated with lower reinjury risk (Grindem et al., BJSM 2016). It is the one symmetry metric with prognostic weight, so symmetry testing is not useless. It is incomplete: quad strength matters, hop and hamstring symmetry have not shown the same predictive value. Martin University of Louisville 2012 Master's Thesis Pilot **Reaction time and self-reported stress in Division I women's soccer players.** Master's thesis, University of Louisville. Not a peer-reviewed journal article. Seventeen Division I women's soccer players were tested weekly across a 12-week competitive season, with no control group. Slower reaction times went along with more self-reported stress symptoms. Over the season, reaction times got faster, and stress symptoms fell. See the full research library Clinician Voice ## What ATCs and sports medicine staff say. The Quick Board is a game-changer for us. By tracking baseline data, we know if an athlete is trending in the right direction AND if they need more attention in certain areas. We use this for concussion, knee, ankle, hip, core, and shoulder rehab. One of the best pieces of technology to assist in quantifying return to play readiness. Dr. Andrea Davis, DPT PT, MS, DPT I have been using the Quick Board for a couple of years now and have not only seen great results, but I have seen patient/athlete cooperation and compliance increase dramatically. Our clinic applies Quick Board for stability and return to function, including returning to weight-bearing symmetry. The Quick Board allows patients to perform and re-educate the nervous system while providing feedback with scores and errors. Overall, the Quick Board makes training athletes and rehabbing patients exciting, competitive, and fun. Dr. Chad Molen, DPT, SCS, CSCS DPT, SCS, CSCS, LMT Athletic Training Room Workflow ## Three-phase protocol for multi-sport rosters. One system that spans the full athletic calendar. 1 Pre-season Baseline every athlete in minutes with the Agility Rating. The assessment runs automatically and generates a five-dimension PDF report per athlete. No manual data entry. 2 In-season Re-test on demand. Flag reaction-time drops against each athlete's baseline and intervene early. The Agility Rating tracks five sub-scores so you see which dimension is changing. 3 Return-to-play Add the reactive layer to your existing RTS protocol. In independent research, ACL patients gained less on QuickBoard reaction tests than on hop tests (Chmielewski et al., IJSPT 2024). Now you can test both. The ACL progressions are already built. You run them, you do not design them. ## Find what you need. Resources organized by how you use it. For PT Clinics & Ortho Rehab ### ACL protocols and progress reports in a per-patient clinic setting. Pre-built clinical protocol library. Automated session delivery. PDF progress reports for every patient. For PT Clinics & Ortho Rehab For Sports Performance ### Pre-season baselines, in-season monitoring, and S&C protocol delivery. Agility Rating baselines across a full roster. Automated protocol delivery. Reaction time tracking through the competitive season. For Sports Performance Force Plates ### Force plates and QuickBoard, side by side. Force plates measure mechanical output. QuickBoard tests cognitive-motor integration under reactive load. The two answer different clinical questions. See the Comparison FAQ ## Common athletic training questions. ### Does passing hop tests mean an athlete is ready to react? + Not on its own. In independent research from TRIA Orthopedic Center, QuickBoard was the reaction test for ACL patients. Patients who met the hop symmetry standard did not score better on the reaction tests (Chmielewski et al., IJSPT 2024). Hop and reaction results did not move together. Physical readiness and reactive readiness are separate clinical questions, so test both. ### Is QuickBoard recommended for neurocognitive and neuromuscular rehabilitation? + QuickBoard is recommended technology for neurocognitive and neuromuscular rehabilitation. It appears in leading clinical guidance on neurocognitive and neuromuscular rehabilitation as a cognitive-motor assessment and training tool. The full peer-reviewed citation lives on the research page. ### How does QuickBoard fit into an athletic training room workflow? + Pre-season: baseline every athlete in minutes with the Agility Rating. In-season: re-test on demand to flag reaction-time drops and intervene early. Return-to-play: add the reactive layer to your existing RTS protocol. The board runs automated sessions with real-time feedback, and reports generate as PDFs without manual data entry. ### Does QuickBoard work alongside force plates and reaction lights? + Yes. Force plates measure how much force a limb produces. Reaction lights time a touch. QuickBoard measures reaction time, per-leg contact time, and symmetry at full body weight, against cues the athlete cannot predict. Many programs run it next to the tools they already own. See it side by side with force plates and with reaction lights. ### What is the Agility Rating? + The Agility Rating is a composite score from 0 to 10,000 generated by QuickBoard. It measures five dimensions: Explosiveness, Reaction, Accuracy, Movement Efficiency, and Symmetry. The assessment runs in under two minutes and auto-generates a PDF report with a five-dimension radar chart and Symmetry Summary. ## Keep reading - What force plate and strength testing miss in ACL return-to-sport - How QuickBoard works next to force plates. For programs that already own a plate. - How QuickBoard works next to reaction lights. For programs that already own a light system. - HD Sensor Board and HD Pro specs and pricing 15-Minute Virtual Demo ## See the reactive layer your RTS protocol is missing. A QuickBoard rep walks your team through the clinical workflow, runs an Agility Rating session, and shows the auto-generated reports. 15 minutes. Request a 15-Minute Demo Download the Free Athletic Trainer Guide Setup takes one session. Your team runs protocols the same day. Read the published research Source: https://thequickboard.com/athletic-training