TY - JOUR T1 - 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 JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099079 SP - bjsports-2018-099079 AU - Jon S Patricios AU - Clare L Ardern AU - Michael David Hislop AU - Mark Aubry AU - Paul Bloomfield AU - Carolyn Broderick AU - Patrick Clifton AU - Ruben J Echemendia AU - Richard G Ellenbogen AU - Éanna Cian Falvey AU - Gordon Ward Fuller AU - Julie Grand AU - Dallas Hack AU - Peter Rex Harcourt AU - David Hughes AU - Nathan McGuirk AU - Willem Meeuwisse AU - Jeffrey Miller AU - John T Parsons AU - Simona Richiger AU - Allen Sills AU - Kevin B Moran AU - Jenny Shute AU - Martin Raftery Y1 - 2018/03/02 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2018/03/02/bjsports-2018-099079.abstract N2 - 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’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. ER -