Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016

Paul McCrory; Willem Meeuwisse; Jiří Dvorak; Mark Aubry; Julian Bailes; Steven Broglio; Robert C Cantu; David Cassidy; Ruben J Echemendia; Rudy J Castellani; Gavin A Davis; Richard Ellenbogen; Carolyn Emery; Lars Engebretsen; Nina Feddermann-Demont; Christopher C Giza; Kevin M Guskiewicz; Stanley Herring; Grant L Iverson; Karen M Johnston; James Kissick; Jeffrey Kutcher; John J Leddy; David Maddocks; Michael Makdissi; Geoff T Manley; Michael McCrea; William P Meehan; Sinji Nagahiro; Jon Patricios; Margot Putukian; Kathryn J Schneider; Allen Sills; Charles H Tator; Michael Turner; Pieter E Vos

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-097699

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Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5^th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016

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Paul McCrory The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Willem Meeuwisse Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jiří Dvorak Swiss Concussion Center, Zurich, Switzerland Spine Unit, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mark Aubry International Ice Hockey Federation, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Julian Bailes Department of Neurosurgery, North Shore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Steven Broglio Department of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert C Cantu Centre for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Cassidy Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ruben J Echemendia Department of Psychology, University of Missouri - Kansas City, State College, Pennsylvania, USA Psychological and Neurobehavioral Associates, Inc PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rudy J Castellani Department of Pathology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gavin A Davis Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health - Austin Campus, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard Ellenbogen Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carolyn Emery Department of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lars Engebretsen Department of Orthosurgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nina Feddermann-Demont Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christopher C Giza Department of Neurosurgery, UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Program, Los Angeles, California, USA Department of Pediatrics / Pediatric Neurology, Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kevin M Guskiewicz Sports Medicine Research laboratory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stanley Herring Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine and Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Grant L Iverson Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School; & Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Karen M Johnston Department of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
James Kissick Kanata, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jeffrey Kutcher The Sports Neurology Clinic, Brighton, Michigan, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John J Leddy Department of Orthopaedics, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Maddocks Centre for Health Exercise and Sports Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Makdissi Melbourne Brain Centre, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health - Austin Campus, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Melbourne, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Geoff T Manley Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael McCrea Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
William P Meehan Sports Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sinji Nagahiro Tokushima Daigaku Byoin, Tokushima, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jon Patricios Section of Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Johannesburg, South Africa Department of Emergency Medicine. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Margot Putukian Department of Athletic Medicine, Princeton University, Princeton, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kathryn J Schneider Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Allen Sills Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Franklin, Tennessee, USA Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Franklin, Tennessee, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Charles H Tator Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Canadian Sports Concussion Project, Toronto, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Turner International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation (ICHIRF), London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pieter E Vos Department of Neurology, Slingeland Ziekenhuis, Doetinchem, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Paul McCrory, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Heidelberg 3084, Victoria, Australia; paulmccrory{at}icloud.com

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McCrory P, Meeuwisse W, Dvorak J, et al

Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5^th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017;51:838-847.

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Accepted March 6, 2017
First published April 26, 2017.

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October 11, 2022

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