The Child Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (Child SCAT5): Background and rationale

Gavin A Davis; Laura Purcell; Kathryn J Schneider; Keith Owen Yeates; Gerard A Gioia; Vicki Anderson; Richard G Ellenbogen; Ruben J Echemendia; Michael Makdissi; Allen Sills; Grant L Iverson; Jiří Dvořák; Paul McCrory; Willem Meeuwisse; Jon Patricios; Christopher C Giza; Jeffrey S Kutcher

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-097492

The Child Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (Child SCAT5): Background and rationale

Br J Sports Med. 2017 Jun;51(11):859-861. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097492. Epub 2017 Apr 26.

Authors

Gavin A Davis^{1

2}, Laura Purcell³, Kathryn J Schneider^{4

5

6}, Keith Owen Yeates⁷, Gerard A Gioia^{8

9}, Vicki Anderson¹, Richard G Ellenbogen¹⁰, Ruben J Echemendia¹¹, Michael Makdissi^{2

12}, Allen Sills¹³, Grant L Iverson¹⁴, Jiří Dvořák¹⁵, Paul McCrory², Willem Meeuwisse¹⁶, Jon Patricios^{17

18}, Christopher C Giza¹⁹, Jeffrey S Kutcher²⁰

Affiliations

¹ Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
² Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Austin Campus, Melbourne Brain Centre, Heidelberg, Australia.
³ Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁵ Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute for Child & Maternal Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁶ Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁷ Department of Psychology, Alberta Children's Research Institute, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
⁸ Division of Pediatric Neuropsychology, Children's National Health System, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
¹¹ University Orthopaedic Center, Concussion Care Clinic, State College, PA, USA; University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
¹² Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
¹³ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
¹⁴ Center for Health and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA.
¹⁵ Swiss Concussion Center, Schulthess Clinic Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiolgy, University of Calgary, Canada.
¹⁷ Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹⁹ UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Program, Operation MEND TBI Program, Los Angeles, USA.
²⁰ The Sports Neurology Clinic at the CORE Institute, Michigan, USA.

PMID: 28446452
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097492

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Assessment; Brain Injury; Children; Concussion; Sport.

MeSH terms

Athletic Injuries / diagnosis*
Berlin
Brain Concussion / diagnosis*
Child
Child, Preschool
Congresses as Topic
Humans
Neuropsychological Tests*
Sports Medicine / methods*