March means two things in the world of sports medicine, not counting March Madness. The first is National Athletic Training Month. The second is Brain Injury Awareness Month. In the world of sport-related concussions, it’s an ideal time to continue to bring awareness about concussions, which are a mild traumatic brain injury. I thought for this year, I’d try to go through the SCAT, or the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool and talk about what we know from an evidence-based standpoint how each of the components function. Today we are going to tackle the Maddocks questions. It’s time to buckle up as we dive into the SCAT.    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   -- Maddocks DL, Dicker GD, Saling MM. The assessment of orientation following concussion in athletes. Clin J Sport Med. 1995;5(1):32-5. doi: 10.1097/00042752-199501000-00006. PMID: 7614078. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7614078/ -- Perry Maddocks Trollope Lawyers https://www.pmtl.com.au/ -- Hohmann E, Bloomfield P, Dvorak J, Echemendia R, Frank RM, Ganda J, Gordon L, Holtzhausen L, Kourie A, Mampane J, Makdissi M, Patricios J, Pieroth E, Putukian M, Janse van Rensburg DC, Viviers P, Williams V, de Wilde J. On-Field and Pitch-Side (Sideline) Assessment of Sports Concussion in Collision Sports: An Expert Consensus Statement Using the Modified Delphi Technique. Arthroscopy. 2024 Feb;40(2):449-459.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2023.06.026. Epub 2023 Jun 28. PMID: 37391103. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37391103/ -- Iverson GL, Gaudet CE, Kissinger-Knox A, Gardner AJ. Examining Whether Loss of Consciousness Is Associated With Worse Performance on the SCAT5 and Slower Clinical Recovery After Concussion in Professional Athletes. J Neurotrauma. 2023 Nov;40(21-22):2330-2340. doi: 10.1089/neu.2022.0043. Epub 2023 Feb 8. PMID: 36541353. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36541353/ -- Gardner AJ, Wojtowicz M, Terry DP, Levi CR, Zafonte R, Iverson GL. Video and clinical screening of national rugby league players suspected of sustaining concussion. Brain Inj. 2017;31(13-14):1918-1924. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2017.1358399. Epub 2017 Sep 5. PMID: 28872354. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28872354/ -- Iverson GL, Van Patten R, Gardner AJ. Examining Whether Onfield Motor Incoordination Is Associated With Worse Performance on the SCAT5 and Slower Clinical Recovery Following Concussion. Front Neurol. 2021 Mar 1;11:620872. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.620872. PMID: 33732202; PMCID: PMC7956999. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33732202/   Calls to the Audience Inside this Episode: -- Be sure to interact with the host, send detailed feedback via our customized form and connect via ALL of our social media platforms! Do that over here now! -- Interested in being a guest inside The Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast with Dr. Mark? Tell us now! -- Ready to share your business, organization or efforts message with Dr. Mark's focused audience? Let's have a chat! -- Do you have feedback you'd like to share with Dr. Mark from this episode?