Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport: the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2008
By P. McCrory, W. Meeuwisse, K. Johnston, J. Dvořák, M. Aubry, M. Molloy, R. Cantu. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2009
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This paper is a revision and update of the recommendations developed following the 1st (Vienna) and 2nd (Prague) International Symposia on Concussion in Sport. (1, 2) The Zurich Consensus statement is designed to build on the principles outlined in the original Vienna and Prague 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 (See Section 11). This document is developed for use by physicians, therapists, certified athletic trainers, health professionals, coaches and other people 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 decisions remain in the realm of clinical judgment on an individualized basis. Readers are encouraged to copy and distribute freely the Zurich Consensus document and / or the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT2) card and neither is subject to any copyright restriction. The authors request, however that the document and / or the SCAT2 card be distributed in their full and complete format.
Subfields: Epidemiology
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- Alteration of Brain Default Network in Subacute Phase of Injury in Concussed Individuals: Resting-state fMRI study (2011, positive): “Clinicians in collegiate athletics currently use a combination of a subjective self-report symptoms survey (SRSS); a cognitive assessment measure like the SCAT-2 (McCrory et al., 2009) and Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) as the minimum to determine an athlete's ability to return to play (Nationa”
- Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019) (2019, background): “316 Collegiate athletes with ADHD are more likely to report a past history of concussions than those without ADHD, and ADHD may be associated with prolonged recovery following sport-related concussion in athletes.(317) 318 ADHD may negatively affect athletic performance.”
- Epidemiology of Concussions Among United States High School Athletes in 20 Sports (2012, background): “This clearly violates the current consensus statement on sports-related concussion, which recommends that no adolescent athlete who sustains a concussion should return to play on the day of injury.(16) According to its stepwise return-to-play protocol, athletes should take approximately 1 week after”