A Review of the SAC (Standardized Assessment of Concussion) — Brain Injury Awareness Month

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We are back to finish out Brain Injury Awareness Month looking at another component of the SCAT6. Today we are going to tackle what I consider to be the “OG” version of the SCAT, otherwise known as the SAC, or the Standardized Assessment of Concussion. We certainly love acronyms in sports medicine, don’t we? Let’s take the deep dive. Connect with The Host! Subscribe to This Podcast Now! The ultimate success for every podcaster – is FEEDBACK! Be sure to take just a few minutes to tell the hosts of this podcast what YOU think over at Apple Podcasts! It takes only a few minutes but helps the hosts of this program pave the way to future greatness! Not an Apple Podcasts user? No problem! Be sure to check out any of the other many growing podcast directories online to find this and many other podcasts via The Podcaster Matrix! Housekeeping -- Get the whole story about Dr. Mark and his launch into this program, by listing to his "101" episode that'll get you educated, caught up and in tune with the Doctor that's in the podcast house! Listen Now! -- Interested in being a Guest on The Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast? Connect with Mark today! Links from this Episode: -- Dr. Mark Halstead: On the Web -- On X -- McCrea M, Kelly JP, Kluge J, Ackley B, Randolph C. Standardized assessment of concussion in football players. Neurology. 1997 Mar;48(3):586-8. doi: 10.1212/wnl.48.3.586. PMID: 9065531. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9065531/ -- McCrea M, Kelly JP, Randolph C, Kluge J, Bartolic E, Finn G, Baxter B. Standardized assessment of concussion (SAC): on-site mental status evaluation of the athlete. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 1998 Apr;13(2):27-35. doi: 10.1097/00001199-199804000-00005. PMID: 9575254. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9575254/ -- McCrea M. Standardized Mental Status Testing on the Sideline After Sport-Related Concussion. J Athl Train. 2001 Sep;36(3):274-279. PMID: 12937496; PMCID: PMC155418. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12937496/ -- Daniel JC, Nassiri JD, Wilckens J, Land BC. The implementation and use of the standardized assessment of concussion at the U.S. Naval Academy. Mil Med. 2002 Oct;167(10):873-6. PMID: 12392259. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12392259/ -- McCrea M, Guskiewicz KM, Marshall SW, Barr W, Randolph C, Cantu RC, Onate JA, Yang J, Kelly JP. Acute effects and recovery time following concussion in collegiate football players: the NCAA Concussion Study. JAMA. 2003 Nov 19;290(19):2556-63. doi: 10.1001/jama.290.19.2556. PMID: 14625332. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14625332/ -- Valovich McLeod TC, Perrin DH, Guskiewicz KM, Shultz SJ, Diamond R, Gansneder BM. Serial administration of clinical concussion assessments and learning effects in healthy young athletes. Clin J Sport Med. 2004 Sep;14(5):287-95. doi: 10.1097/00042752-200409000-00007. PMID: 15377968. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15377968/ -- Grubenhoff JA, Kirkwood M, Gao D, Deakyne S, Wathen J. Evaluation of the standardized assessment of concussion in a pediatric emergency department. Pediatrics. 2010 Oct;126(4):688-95. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2804. Epub 2010 Sep 6. PMID: 20819901. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20819901/ -- Zimmer A, Piecora K, Schuster D, Webbe F. Sport and team differences on baseline measures of sport-related concussion. J Athl Train. 2013 Sep-Oct;48(5):659-67. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-48.5.06. Epub 2013 Aug 16. PMID: 23952044; PMCID: PMC3784368. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23952044/ -- Chin EY, Nelson LD, Barr WB, McCrory P, McCrea MA. Reliability and Validity of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool-3 (SCAT3) in High School and Collegiate Athletes. Am J Sports Med. 2016 Sep;44(9):2276-85. doi: 10.1177/0363546516648141. Epub 2016 Jun 8. PMID: 27281276.