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Background: Concussions are one of the foremost issues in sport, with football having one of the highest incidence rates of injury. Moreover, there is a need to monitor sub-concussive head impacts because they may not initiate further assessment which may increase an athlete’s risk of suffering a brain injury. The purpose of this article is to discuss the viability of use for the Reebok CHECKLIGHTTM system and its correlation to the results of screening concussive events screening in two levels of football: youth recreation league football (ages 11-13) and high school football (ages 13-18). Results: The Reebok CHECKLIGHTTM system activation did not correlate with the KingDevick score (r=-0.08, p=0.7). There was no difference between the two levels of football in the number of times the lights came on, 1.77 ± 2.05 vs. 1.42 ± 0.79, p=0.57. Limitation: The viability of CHECKLIGHTTM system was limited by threshold issues with the light alert system, light usefulness, set-up, and implementation. Conclusion: The Reebok CHECKLIGHTTM system may be beneficial to individual athletes below the high school level; however, it appears to have limited usefulness for entire teams and/or high school athletes. INTRODUCTION Concussions are a foremost issue in contact sports. Conservative data estimates that approximately 300,000 sport-related concussions (SRC) occur each year.1 Recent data suggest that the incidence could be as high as 1.6-3.8 million per year accounting for 5-9% of all sports-related injuries.2-4 In all youth sports, football is documented as having the highest rate of concussion for males.5-7 Since there are an estimated 3.5 million youth football players in the United States, considerable research must be committed to the identification of individuals at risk for SRC in this population.8,9 There are many different SRC assessments that may be utilized on the field by trained healthcare professionals. There remains the need for objective, validated and rapid sideline tests to definitively support removefrom-play decisions.8,10-12 Among the various tools, the King-Devick (K-D) has been emerging in the literature as a valid screening for individuals that may have been exposed to concussive forces.10,11,13 The K-D test has been shown to be easily administered as a sideline screening tool and is very user friendly.14 In order to better utilize the K-D, new technology has been created to identify which athletes are exposed to impacts that often lead to SRCs. One such new technology is the Reebok CHECKLIGHTTM device that is marketed to help identify further testing for SRC. The device is comprised of a skull cap with a sensory array worn underneath the helmet. It has a green, yellow or red light alerting system to indicate forces which may be significant enough to identify head impact resulting in concussive and/or sub-concussive event(s). [See Figure 1] Sub-concussive forces often do not result in concussive symptoms, therefore the SRC protocol is never initiated.15 Being able to use a head impact device, like the Reebok CHECKLIGHTTM device, may allow the health care provider to monitor the health status of these sub-concussive, non-symptomatic, impacts.

Feasibility Assessment of the Reebok CHECKLIGHT™ and King-Devick tests as Screening tools in Youth Football