TY - JOUR T1 - The Child Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (Child SCAT5): Background and rationale JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 859 LP - 861 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097492 VL - 51 IS - 11 AU - Gavin A Davis AU - Laura Purcell AU - Kathryn J Schneider AU - Keith Owen Yeates AU - Gerard A Gioia AU - Vicki Anderson AU - Richard G Ellenbogen AU - Ruben J Echemendia AU - Michael Makdissi AU - Allen Sills AU - Grant L Iverson AU - Jiří Dvořák AU - Paul McCrory AU - Willem Meeuwisse AU - Jon Patricios AU - Christopher C Giza AU - Jeffrey S Kutcher Y1 - 2017/06/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/11/859.abstract N2 - This article presents the Child Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (Child SCAT5). The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool was introduced in 2004, following the 2nd International Conference on Concussion in Sport in Prague, Czech Republic. Following the 4th International Consensus Conference, held in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2012, the SCAT 3rd edition (Child SCAT3) was developed for children aged between 5 and12 years. Research to date was reviewed and synthesised for the 5th International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport in Berlin, Germany, leading to the current revision of the test, the Child SCAT5. This article describes the development of the Child SCAT5. ER -