Tools for Diagnosing and Managing Sport-Related Concussion in UK Primary Care: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) grassroots concussion guidance, May 2023, advised that all community-based sport-related concussions (SRCs) be diagnosed by a healthcare practitioner. This may require that general practitioners (GPs) diagnose and manage SRCs. Diagnosing SRCs in primary care settings in the United Kingdom (UK) presents significant challenges, primarily due to the lack of validated tools specifically designed for general practitioners (GPs). This scoping review aims to identify diagnostic and management tools for SRCs in grassroots sports and primary care settings.

Aims

To identify tools that can be used by GPs to diagnose and manage concussions in primary care, both adult and paediatric populations.

Design and meth

SUBMITTER: Bhandari S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12298353 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature