TY - JOUR T1 - The effect of age on symptom reporting on the adult and child post concussion symptom scale in youth ice hockey players JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - A77 LP - A77 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2016-097270.199 VL - 51 IS - 11 AU - Amanda M Black AU - Kathryn J Schneider AU - Luz Palacios-Derflingher AU - Willem H Meeuwisse AU - Carolyn A Emery Y1 - 2017/06/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/11/A77.1.abstract N2 - Objective To determine symptom reporting differences for children completing the adult and child version of the Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS) on the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3).Design Cross-Sectional study.Setting Community ice hockey teams, Alberta, Canada.Participants Youth hockey players (n=891; 91.58% male, 10–14 years) who completed the PCSS on the Adult and Child version of the SCAT3 during a preseason baseline assessment.Assessment of risk factors Adult versus child PCSS stratified by categorical age (10–12, 13–14).Outcome measures Total number of symptoms, symptoms reported, and proportion equally reporting symptoms (0, ≥1) on both PCSS scales.Main results Participants reported a median of 2 symptoms [Interquartile Range (IQR):0–21] on the adult scale (/22) and 5 (IQR:0-20) on the child scale (/20). There was no evidence of a difference in the proportion of participants reporting symptoms (0, ≥1) on both scales between age groups 10–12 (525/729, 72.02%) and 13–14 (121/160, 75.63%) (difference: −3.61% (95% confidence interval (−11.40%, 4.18%)). The most frequent symptoms reported on the adult PCSS by participants with no symptoms on the child PCSS were nervousness (11.27%) and neck pain (10.56%). Participants with no symptoms on the adult PCSS most commonly reported being easily distracted (45.29%) and forgetful (39.49%) on the Child PCSS.Conclusions A greater number of symptoms were endorsed for all 10-14 year old subjects when using the Child SCAT3 PCSS. Neck pain was a commonly reported symptom for all age groups on the Adult SCAT3 PCSS, but this symptom is absent from the Child SCAT3.Competing interests None. ER -