The Child Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (Child SCAT5): Background and rationale

This article presents the Child Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (Child SCAT5). The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool was introduced in 2004, following the 2nd International Conference on Concussion in Sport in Prague, Czech Republic. Following the 4th International Consensus Conference,...

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Published in:British journal of sports medicine 2017-06, Vol.51 (11), p.859-861
Main Authors: Davis, Gavin A, Purcell, Laura, Schneider, Kathryn J, Yeates, Keith Owen, Gioia, Gerard A, Anderson, Vicki, Ellenbogen, Richard G, Echemendia, Ruben J, Makdissi, Michael, Sills, Allen, Iverson, Grant L, Dvořák, Jiří, McCrory, Paul, Meeuwisse, Willem, Patricios, Jon, Giza, Christopher C, Kutcher, Jeffrey S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Athletes with disabilities
Athletic Injuries - diagnosis
Berlin
Brain Concussion - diagnosis
Child
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Concussion
Congresses as Topic
Humans
International conferences
Neuropsychological Tests
Sports Medicine - methods
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Summary:This article presents the Child Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (Child SCAT5). The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool was introduced in 2004, following the 2nd International Conference on Concussion in Sport in Prague, Czech Republic. Following the 4th International Consensus Conference, held in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2012, the SCAT 3rd edition (Child SCAT3) was developed for children aged between 5 and12 years. Research to date was reviewed and synthesised for the 5th International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport in Berlin, Germany, leading to the current revision of the test, the Child SCAT5. This article describes the development of the Child SCAT5.
ISSN:0306-3674
1473-0480
DOI:10.1136/bjsports-2017-097492