Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Minor head trauma and concussion".)
International
●Recommendations for initial examination, differential diagnosis, and management of concussion and other head injuries in high-level football (2020)
●Concussion in Sport Group (CISG): Consensus statement on concussion in sport – The 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 (published 2017)
Canada
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't order a head CT scan for minor head injuries/concussion (updated 2022)
●Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF): Guideline for concussion/mild traumatic brain injury & prolonged symptoms, 3rd edition, for adults over 18 years of age – Section 3. Sport-related concussion/mTBI (2017)
United States
●Choosing Wisely: Do not delay initiation of early sub-threshold, symptom-limited aerobic exercise as rehabilitation for adolescents who have sustained an acute sport-related concussion (2022)
●National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA): Position statement on reducing intentional head-first contact behavior in American football players (2022)
●Team Physician Consensus Conference (TPCC): Selected issues in sport-related concussion (SRC | mild traumatic brain injury) for the team physician – A consensus statement (2021)
●Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (AOPT), American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy (AASPT), Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy (ANPT), and American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Physical therapy evaluation and treatment after concussion/mild traumatic brain injury – Clinical practice guidelines linked to the international classification of functioning, disability and health (2020)
●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): HEADS UP to health care providers (reviewed 2020)
●American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM): Position statement on concussion in sport (2019)
●CDC: HEADS UP to youth sports (reviewed 2019)
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical report on sport-related concussion in children and adolescents (2018)
●Medical retirement from sport after concussions: A practical guide for a difficult discussion (2018)
●Statements of agreement from the Targeted Evaluation and Active Management (TEAM) approaches to treating concussion meeting held in Pittsburgh, October 15-16, 2015 (published 2016)
●Choosing Wisely: Avoid ordering a brain CT or brain MRI to evaluate an acute concussion unless there are progressive neurological symptoms, focal neurological findings on exam or there is concern for a skull fracture (2014)
●NATA: Position statement for the management of sport concussion (2014)
●American Academy of Neurology (AAN): Summary of evidence-based guideline for evaluation and management of concussion in sports, update (2013)
United Kingdom
●Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) UK: Concussion management – Statement (2013)
Australia–New Zealand
●Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Australian Medical Association (AMA), Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP), and Sports Medicine Australia (SMA): Concussion in sport Australia – Position statement (updated 2019)
●AIS and AMA: An update to the position statement on concussion in sport (2018)
•AIS and AMA: Position statement on concussion in sport (2017)
