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

J. Echemendía, Ruben; Meeuwisse, Willem; McCrory, Paul; A Davis, Gavin; Putukian, Margot; J. Leddy, John; Makdissi, Michael; John Sullivan, S.; P. Broglio, Steven; Raftery, Martin; Schneider, Kathryn; Kissick, James; McCrea, Michael; Dvořák, Jiří; K. Sills, Allen; Aubry, Mark; Engebretsen, Lars; Loosemore, Mike; Fuller, Gordon; S. Kutcher, Jeffrey; Ellenbogen, Richard; M. Guskiewicz, Kevin; Patricios, Jon; A. Herring, Stanley

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-097506

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

Published in British Journal of Sports Medicine • Apr 26, 2017

Authors:

Ruben J. Echemendía

Willem Meeuwisse

Paul McCrory

Abstract

This paper presents the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (SCAT5), which is the most recent revision of a sport concussion evaluation tool for use by healthcare professionals in the acute evaluation of suspected concussion. The revision of the SCAT3 (first published in 2013) culminated in...

Subject

Concussion

Medicine

Poison control

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