TY - JOUR T1 - Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5<sup>th</sup> international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 838 LP - 847 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097699 VL - 51 IS - 11 AU - Paul McCrory AU - Willem Meeuwisse AU - Jiří Dvorak AU - Mark Aubry AU - Julian Bailes AU - Steven Broglio AU - Robert C Cantu AU - David Cassidy AU - Ruben J Echemendia AU - Rudy J Castellani AU - Gavin A Davis AU - Richard Ellenbogen AU - Carolyn Emery AU - Lars Engebretsen AU - Nina Feddermann-Demont AU - Christopher C Giza AU - Kevin M Guskiewicz AU - Stanley Herring AU - Grant L Iverson AU - Karen M Johnston AU - James Kissick AU - Jeffrey Kutcher AU - John J Leddy AU - David Maddocks AU - Michael Makdissi AU - Geoff T Manley AU - Michael McCrea AU - William P Meehan AU - Sinji Nagahiro AU - Jon Patricios AU - Margot Putukian AU - Kathryn J Schneider AU - Allen Sills AU - Charles H Tator AU - Michael Turner AU - Pieter E Vos Y1 - 2017/06/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/11/838.abstract N2 - The 2017 Concussion in Sport Group (CISG) consensus statement is designed to build on the principles outlined in the previous statements1–4 and to develop further conceptual understanding of sport-related concussion (SRC) using an expert consensus-based approach. This document is developed for physicians and healthcare providers who are involved in athlete care, whether at a recreational, elite or professional level. While agreement exists on the principal messages conveyed by this document, the authors acknowledge that the science of SRC is evolving and therefore individual management and return-to-play decisions remain in the realm of clinical judgement.This consensus document reflects the current state of knowledge and will need to be modified as new knowledge develops. It provides an overview of issues that may be of importance to healthcare providers involved in the management of SRC. This paper should be read in conjunction with the systematic reviews and methodology paper that accompany it. First and foremost, this document is intended to guide clinical practice; however, the authors feel that it can also help form the agenda for future research relevant to SRC by identifying knowledge gaps.A series of specific clinical questions were developed as part of the consensus process for the Berlin 2016 meeting. Each consensus question was the subject of a specific formal systematic review, which is published concurrently with this summary statement. Readers are directed to these background papers in conjunction with this summary statement as they provide the context for the issues and include the scope of published research, search strategy and citations reviewed for each question. This 2017 consensus statement also summarises each topic and recommendations in the context of all five CISG meetings (that is, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012 as well as 2016). Approximately 60 000 published articles were screened by the expert panels for the Berlin … ER -