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Summary and agreement statement of the 2nd International Conference on Concussion in Sport, Prague 2004

P McCrory⁸, K Johnston⁵, W Meeuwisse⁹, M Aubry¹, R Cantu², J Dvorak³, T Graf-Baumann⁴, J Kelly⁶, M Lovell⁷ and P Schamasch¹⁰

¹ Chief Medical Officer, International Ice Hockey Federation
² Department of Surgery, Chief Neurosurgery Service and Director, Sports Medicine Service, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, USA; Medical Director, National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
³ Chairman, FIFA Medical Research and Assessment Center (F-MARC); Chairman, Department of Neurology, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland
⁴ Director, Office for Science Management, Administration and Scientific Director, German Society for Musculo-Skeletal Medicine and Pain Therapy, FIFA Medical Research and Assessment Center (F-MARC), Teningen, Germany
⁵ Neurosurgeon/Concussion Consultant, Departments of Neurosurgery, Kinesiology & Physical Education, McGill University; Director, Concussion Program, McGill Sport Medicine Centre, Montreal, Canada
⁶ Professor of Neurosurgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA
⁷ Director, Sports Medicine Concussion Program, University of Pittsburgh; Co-director, National Hockey League Neuropsychology Program, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
⁸ Associate Professor, Center for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine & The Brain Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
⁹ Professor and Medical Director, University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre; Sport Injury Epidemiologist, National Hockey League, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
¹⁰ Medical and Scientific Director, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Associate Professor McCrory
PO Box 93, Shoreham, Victoria 3916, Australia; paulmccr{at}bigpond.net.au

In November 2001, the 1st International Symposium on Concussion in Sport was held in Vienna, Austria to provide recommendations for the improvement of safety and health of athletes who suffer concussive injuries in ice hockey, football (soccer), and other sports. The 2nd International Symposium on Concussion in Sport was organised by the same group and held in Prague, Czech Republic in November 2004. It resulted in a revision and update of the Vienna consensus recommendations, which are presented here.

Keywords: concussion; head injury; brain

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