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

Gavin A Davis; Laura Purcell; Kathryn J Schneider; Keith Owen Yeates; Gerard A Gioia; Vicki Anderson; Richard G Ellenbogen; Ruben J Echemendia; Michael Makdissi; Allen Sills; Grant L Iverson; Jiří Dvořák; Paul McCrory; Willem Meeuwisse; Jon Patricios; Christopher C Giza; Jeffrey S Kutcher

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-097492

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

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Gavin A Davis Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Austin Campus, Melbourne Brain Centre, Heidelberg, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Laura Purcell Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kathryn J Schneider Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute for Child & Maternal Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Keith Owen Yeates Department of Psychology, Alberta Children’s Research Institute, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gerard A Gioia Division of Pediatric Neuropsychology, Children’s National Health System, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA Department of Pediatrics and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Vicki Anderson Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard G Ellenbogen Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ruben J Echemendia University Orthopaedic Center, Concussion Care Clinic, State College, PA, USA; University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Makdissi Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Austin Campus, Melbourne Brain Centre, Heidelberg, Australia Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Melbourne, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Allen Sills Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Grant L Iverson Center for Health and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jiří Dvořák Swiss Concussion Center, Schulthess Clinic Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paul McCrory Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Austin Campus, Melbourne Brain Centre, Heidelberg, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Willem Meeuwisse Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiolgy, University of Calgary, Canada 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
Christopher C Giza UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Program, Operation MEND TBI Program, Los Angeles, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jeffrey S Kutcher The Sports Neurology Clinic at the CORE Institute, Michigan, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Gavin A Davis, Suite 53 - Neurosurgery, Cabrini Medical Centre, Malvern, Victoria, Australia; gavin.davis{at}me.com

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Davis GA, Purcell L, Schneider KJ, et al

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

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017;51:859-861.

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Accepted January 9, 2017
First published April 26, 2017.

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October 11, 2022

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