TY - JOUR T1 - Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012 JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 250 LP - 258 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092313 VL - 47 IS - 5 AU - Paul McCrory AU - Willem H Meeuwisse AU - Mark Aubry AU - Bob Cantu AU - Jiří Dvořák AU - Ruben J Echemendia AU - Lars Engebretsen AU - Karen Johnston AU - Jeffrey S Kutcher AU - Martin Raftery AU - Allen Sills AU - Brian W Benson AU - Gavin A Davis AU - Richard G Ellenbogen AU - Kevin Guskiewicz AU - Stanley A Herring AU - Grant L Iverson AU - Barry D Jordan AU - James Kissick AU - Michael McCrea AU - Andrew S McIntosh AU - David Maddocks AU - Michael Makdissi AU - Laura Purcell AU - Margot Putukian AU - Kathryn Schneider AU - Charles H Tator AU - Michael Turner Y1 - 2013/04/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/5/250.abstract N2 - This paper is a revision and update of the recommendations developed following the 1st (Vienna 2001), 2nd (Prague 2004) and 3rd (Zurich 2008) International Consensus Conferences on Concussion in Sport and is based on the deliberations at the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012.1–3 The new 2012 Zurich Consensus statement is designed to build on the principles outlined in the previous documents and to develop further conceptual understanding of this problem using a formal consensus-based approach. A detailed description of the consensus process is outlined at the end of this document under the Background section. This document is developed primarily for use by physicians and healthcare professionals who are involved in the care of injured athletes, whether at the recreational, elite or professional level. While agreement exists pertaining to principal messages conveyed within this document, the authors acknowledge that the science of concussion is evolving, and therefore management and return to play (RTP) decisions remain in the realm of clinical judgement on an individualised basis. Readers are encouraged to copy and distribute freely the Zurich Consensus document, the Concussion Recognition Tool (CRT), the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool V.3 (SCAT3) and/or the Child SCAT3 card and none are subject to any restrictions, provided they are not altered in any way or converted to a digital format. The authors request that the document and/or the accompanying tools be distributed in their full and complete format. This consensus paper is broken into a number of sections A summary of concussion and its management, with updates from the previous meetings; Background information about the consensus meeting process; A summary of the specific consensus questions discussed at this meeting; The Consensus paper should be read in conjunction with the SCAT3 assessment tool, the Child SCAT3 and the CRT … ER -