Cognitive-motor rehab. Evidence on the page.
Notes from the QuickBoard clinical team on rehab, return-to-sport, fall prevention, and assessment. Citations attached.
Reactive Balance Training Cuts Falls, Not Risk-Free
A 2022 meta-analysis found reactive balance training lowers fall risk, but adverse events ran higher in training groups too. What that means for programming.
Read postMost ACL protocols still clear athletes on strength alone
A scoping review of 53 U.S. ACL rehab protocols found strength testing decided return to sport in the large majority of programs.
Read postPracticing one movement can speed up a different one
Training one functional movement improved performance on a different, untrained movement (Schaefer 2012). What that means for program design.
Read postWhat 15 years of external focus research actually shows
A 15-year review found external focus outperforms internal focus in motor learning. The advantage is real, but thinner than most training advice suggests.
Read postStepping training cuts falls by half. Not from strength.
Stepping training cuts falls in older adults by about 50%, and the mechanism is reaction time and balance, not strength (Okubo 2017).
Read postHow ACL injury changes brain activity, not just the knee
An fMRI study found ACL-deficient knees reorganize how the brain controls the knee. Here is what that means for rehab, and what it does not.
Read postWhy ACL symmetry scores rise without knee gains
Moran (2022) found a quarter of ACL patients gained real strength in the healthy leg, not the surgical one, while their symmetry score still went up.
Read postLimb symmetry tests do not predict a second ACL injury
Simonsson (2025) tested five limb symmetry thresholds against 233 ACL athletes. None predicted who suffered a second ACL injury.
Read postWhy training feet also speeds up hand reaction time
Engeroff 2019 found foot-based QuickBoard training also improved hand reaction time, while hand training stayed limited to the hands.
Read postWhy static balance tests miss real falls
Static balance tests measure quiet standing. Real falls happen during dual-task moments. Here is what the assessment gap looks like, and what closes it.
Read postWhat force plate and strength testing miss in ACL return-to-sport
Force plates, isokinetic testing, and hop tests measure mechanical output, but ACL reinjury stays high even for athletes who pass. What the battery misses.
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