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name: sports-medicine-assessment
description: Use when asked to administer, score, or explain a Sports Medicine Assessment — a pre-participation physical evaluation (PPE) for athletes — grounded in FormExamples/form-examples.
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# Sports Medicine Assessment

Pre-participation physical evaluation (PPE) for athletes and
sportspeople, aligned with the AAP/AAFP/ACSM/AMSSM/AOSSM/AOASM
Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation (5th ed.) monograph, to clear
participation, identify risk, and plan follow-up.

## Scoring

**Instrument:** Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation (5th ed.).

- **Cleared** — no concerns; full participation.
- **Cleared with Conditions** — participation permitted with named
  restrictions or accommodations.
- **Not Cleared Pending Further Evaluation** — temporary hold pending
  investigation (e.g. abnormal cardiac finding).
- **Not Cleared for Sport** — significant condition contraindicating
  participation in the chosen sport.

## What it covers

Demographics; sport and position details; medical history
(cardiovascular, concussion, asthma, musculoskeletal); family history
(sudden cardiac death, inherited cardiac conditions); menstrual
history/RED-S screening where applicable; cardiovascular screening
(14-point AHA); musculoskeletal screening; neurological and concussion
baseline (SCAT6); vision and skin; and the clearance decision.

## Common pitfalls

- **Skipping family history of sudden cardiac death** — this is one of
  the highest-yield questions for catching inherited cardiac conditions
  that pose real risk during athletic exertion; it's easy to treat as
  routine boilerplate rather than the safety-critical item it is.
- **Not establishing a concussion baseline before clearance** — a SCAT6
  baseline is what makes a future post-injury comparison meaningful;
  clearing an athlete without one removes a useful safety tool for
  later injury management.
- **Treating "Cleared with Conditions" as equivalent to fully cleared**
  — the named restrictions or accommodations are the point of that
  category and need to actually be communicated to and enforced by
  coaching staff.

## Learn more

- [FormExamples: sports-medicine-assessment](https://github.com/FormExamples/form-examples/tree/main/forms/sports-medicine-assessment) for the full implementation, clinical references, and worked examples.
- [[orthopedic-assessment]], [[kinesiology-assessment]] for related musculoskeletal assessments.