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Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE)
Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE)
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Please visit this website for more information about the instrument: Acute Concussion Evaluation Form
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| Classification |
Supplemental: Sport-Related Concussion (SRC)
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| Short Description of Instrument |
The Acute Concussion Evaluation Form (ACE) is an evidence-based clinician form that is used to assess individuals with a known or suspected concussion. The ACE can also be used to track symptom recovery over time.
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| Scoring |
The form includes questions about the presence of concussion characteristics, 22 concussion symptoms, and risk factors that might predict prolonged recovery.
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| Rationale/Justification |
Advantages: The ACE was developed to provide a systematic protocol of questions for the clinician to pursue in the evaluation of the injured individual. Built specifically for mild TBI, the ACE includes signs/symptoms as well as injury characteristics, and risk factors for prolonged recovery. The ACE has been used in two relatively large pediatric mild TBI studies.
Limitations: Samples include a majority of sports concussion. The ACE has not been administered to non-concussed individuals to establish a base rate of symptoms.
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| References |
Gioia GA, Collins M, Isquith PK. Improving identification and diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury with evidence: psychometric support for the acute concussion evaluation. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2008;23(4):230-242.
Zemek R, Barrowman N, Freedman SB, Gravel J, Gagnon I, McGahern C, Aglipay M, Sangha G, Boutis K, Beer D, Craig W, Burns E, Farion KJ, Mikrogianakis A, Barlow K, Dubrovsky AS, Meeuwisse W, Gioia G, Meehan WP 3rd, Beauchamp MH, Kamil Y, Grool AM, Hoshizaki B, Anderson P, Brooks BL, Yeates KO, Vassilyadi M, Klassen T,
Keightley M, Richer L, DeMatteo C, Osmond MH; Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) Concussion Team. Clinical Risk Score for Persistent Postconcussion Symptoms Among Children With Acute Concussion in the ED. JAMA. 2016;315(10):1014-1025.
Document last updated March 2018
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