@article {Patriciosbjsports-2018-099079, author = {Jon S Patricios and Clare L Ardern and Michael David Hislop and Mark Aubry and Paul Bloomfield and Carolyn Broderick and Patrick Clifton and Ruben J Echemendia and Richard G Ellenbogen and {\'E}anna Cian Falvey and Gordon Ward Fuller and Julie Grand and Dallas Hack and Peter Rex Harcourt and David Hughes and Nathan McGuirk and Willem Meeuwisse and Jeffrey Miller and John T Parsons and Simona Richiger and Allen Sills and Kevin B Moran and Jenny Shute and Martin Raftery}, title = {Implementation of the 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement in contact and collision sports: a joint position statement from 11 national and international sports organisations}, elocation-id = {bjsports-2018-099079}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.1136/bjsports-2018-099079}, publisher = {British Association of Sport and Excercise Medicine}, abstract = {The 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement provides a global summary of best practice in concussion prevention, diagnosis and management, underpinned by systematic reviews and expert consensus. Due to their different settings and rules, individual sports need to adapt concussion guidelines according to their specific regulatory environment. At the same time, consistent application of the Berlin Consensus Statement{\textquoteright}s themes across sporting codes is likely to facilitate superior and uniform diagnosis and management, improve concussion education and highlight collaborative research opportunities. This document summarises the approaches discussed by medical representatives from the governing bodies of 10 different contact and collision sports in Dublin, Ireland in July 2017. Those sports are: American football, Australian football, basketball, cricket, equestrian sports, football/soccer, ice hockey, rugby league, rugby union and skiing. This document had been endorsed by 11 sport governing bodies/national federations at the time of being published.}, issn = {0306-3674}, URL = {https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2018/03/02/bjsports-2018-099079}, eprint = {https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2018/03/02/bjsports-2018-099079.full.pdf}, journal = {British Journal of Sports Medicine} }