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

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

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-097506

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

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Ruben J Echemendia Concussion Care Clinic, University Orthopedics Centre, State College, Pennsylvania, USA Department of Psychology, University of Missouri—Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Willem Meeuwisse Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paul McCrory The Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gavin A Davis Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Margot Putukian University Health Services, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John Leddy University at Buffalo Concussion Management Clinic, UBMD Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Buffalo, New York, USA SUNY Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Makdissi The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S John Sullivan Centre for Health and Rehabilitation Research Activity, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Steven P Broglio NeuroTrauma Research Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Martin Raftery World Rugby, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kathryn Schneider Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute for Child and Maternal Health, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cuming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cuming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
James Kissick Department of Family Medicine, Carleton University Sport Medicine Clinic, University of Ottawa, International Paralympic Committee Medical Committee, Ottawa, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael McCrea Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jiří Dvořák Department of Neurology, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Allen K Sills Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mark Aubry Ottawa Sport Medicine Centre, Ottawa, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lars Engebretsen Department of Medical and Scientific, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Olso, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mike Loosemore Institute of Sport Exercise and Health, University College Hospital, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gordon Fuller Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jeffrey Kutcher The Sports Neurology Clinic, Brighton, Michigan, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard Ellenbogen Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kevin Guskiewicz Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related TBI Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jon Patricios Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stanley Herring Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Ruben J Echemendia, Concussion Care Clinic, University Orthopedics Center, 101 Regent Ct., State College, PA 16801, USA; rechemendia{at}comcast.net

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Echemendia RJ, Meeuwisse W, McCrory P, et al

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

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017;51:848-850.

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Accepted February 8, 2017
First published April 26, 2017.

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October 11, 2022

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