Evaluation of cerebral concussion using the SCAT-5 tool: translation into Brazilian Portuguese and cultural adaptation

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Ana Camila de Castro Gandolfi and co-authors translated the SCAT-5 concussion assessment tool into Brazilian Portuguese, reporting in 2026. The SCAT-5 bundles quick sideline checks of memory, consciousness, balance, and thinking. Clinicians use it to follow athletes after a head injury and judge when they can return to play. No such tool existed in Portuguese, which the authors say can compromise care for Brazilian patients.

Concussion is the commonest form of traumatic brain injury and usually resolves on its own. Yet more than 30 percent of patients still report symptoms a year later, as the introduction notes. The study followed the standard translation and cultural adaptation route. Items were rendered into Portuguese, checked against the original, and adjusted so instructions and symptom terms make sense locally. The adapted tool gives Portuguese-speaking doctors the same structured follow-up the English version provides, including baseline testing before injury.

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Source: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/PMC13399293