SavedAdd your journal

Journals / Turkish Journal of Kinesiology / 2026 / Volume: 11 Issue: 2

Analysis of YouTube content as an information source for femoroacetabular impingement rehabilitation

Uğur Sözlü(GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY)0000-0001-5171-161X
Sevim Beyza Olmez(KARAMANOĞLU MEHMETBEY ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0001-5015-2094
Esedullah Akaras(ERZURUM TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0002-0305-4632
Zeynep Hazar(GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0003-3104-8974
Pages
—
Publication Date
2025-04-30
🏛️Bibliographic metadata and full text access for this article are provided via DergiPark.
DergiPark Record ↗
✨

AI Summary & Key Takeaways

AI Insight
⚡ TL;DR(Too Long; Didn't Read)

The comprehensiveness of the videos was analyzed using a 10-item scale, reliability was assessed with the 5-point modified DISCERN (mDISCERN) scale, and overall quality was evaluated using the Global Quality Scale (GQS).

📌 3 Key Takeaways

🎯
Objective & Hypothesis:This study aims to evaluate the content, reliability, and quality of YouTube videos related to the rehabilitation of Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI).
📊
Key Findings & Data:The comprehensiveness of the videos was analyzed using a 10-item scale, reliability was assessed with the 5-point modified DISCERN (mDISCERN) scale, and overall quality was evaluated using the Global Quality Scale (GQS).
💡
Conclusion & Impact:To mitigate this issue, healthcare professionals, including physiotherapists and physicians, should actively contribute by producing accurate, evidence-based video content to ensure the dissemination of reliable and high-quality information on this topic.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Comprehensiveness · quality · reliability

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the content, reliability, and quality of YouTube videos related to the rehabilitation of Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI). A systematic evaluation of YouTube videos was conducted, assessing video attributes and upload sources. Two physiotherapists independently classified the videos as either useful or misleading. The comprehensiveness of the videos was analyzed using a 10-item scale, reliability was assessed with the 5-point modified DISCERN (mDISCERN) scale, and overall quality was evaluated using the Global Quality Scale (GQS). A total of 74 videos were included in the analysis, of which 26 (35.1%) were categorized as useful, while 48 (64.9%) contained misleading information. The useful videos exhibited significantly higher mean scores in comprehensiveness, reliability (mDISCERN), and overall quality (GQS) compared to misleading videos (p < 0.05). Furthermore, a significant difference in mDISCERN scores was observed between videos uploaded by health professionals and non-health professionals (p = 0.042). However, no statistically significant differences were found in comprehensiveness (p = 0.245) or quality (p = 0.068) scores. This study highlights the substantial prevalence of misleading information in YouTube videos related to FAI rehabilitation. To mitigate this issue, healthcare professionals, including physiotherapists and physicians, should actively contribute by producing accurate, evidence-based video content to ensure the dissemination of reliable and high-quality information on this topic.

🔖

Cite This Article

Sözlü, U., Olmez, S. B., Akaras, E., Hazar, Z. (2025). Analysis of YouTube content as an information source for femoroacetabular impingement rehabilitation. Turkish Journal of Kinesiology, Volume: 11 Issue: 2. https://doi.org/10.31459/turkjkin.1645880

📄 Full Text PDF Viewer

📄

PDF görüntüleyici hazırlanıyor...

References (24)

  1. Anzillotti, G., Iacomella, A., Grancagnolo, M., Bertolino, E. M., Marcacci, M., Sconza, C., Kon, E., & Di Matteo, B. J. J. (2022). Conservative vs. surgical management for femoro-acetabular impingement: A systematic review of clinical evidence. J Clin Med, 11(19), 5852. doi: 10.3390/jcm11195852
  2. Bernard, A., Langille, M., Hughes, S., Rose, C., Leddin, D., & Veldhuyzen van Zanten, S. (2007). A systematic review of patient inflammatory bowel disease information resources on the World Wide Web. Am J Gastroenterol, 102(9), 2070-2077. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007. 01325.x
  3. Chan, K. S., & Shelat, V. G. (2021). We asked the experts: Emerging role of YouTube surgical videos in education and training. World J Surg, 45(2), 417-419. doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05660-6
  4. Chang, M. C., & Park, D. (2021). YouTube as a source of patient information regarding exercises and compensated maneuvers for dysphagia. Healthcare (Basel), 9(8), 1084. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9081084
  5. Charnock, D., Shepperd, S., Needham, G., & Gann, R. J. (1999). DISCERN: An instrument for judging the quality of written consumer health information on treatment choices. J Epidemiol Community Health, 53(2), 105-111. doi: 10.1136/jech.53.2.105
  6. Crutchfield, C. R., Frank, J. S., Anderson, M. J., Trofa, D. P., & Lynch, T. S. (2021). A systematic assessment of YouTube content on femoroacetabular impingement: An updated review. Orthop J Sports Med, 9(6), 23259671211016340. doi: 10.1177/23259671211016340
  7. Culha, Y., Seyhan Ak, E., Merder, E., Ariman, A., & Culha, M. G. (2021). Analysis of YouTube videos on pelvic floor muscle exercise training in terms of their reliability and quality. Int Urol Nephrol, 53(1), 1-6. doi: 10.1007/s11255-020-02620-w
  8. Dutta, A., Beriwal, N., Van Breugel, L. M., Sachdeva, S., Barman, B., Saikia, H., Nelson, U.-A., Mahdy, A., & Paul, S. J. C. (2020). YouTube as a source of medical and epidemiological information during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study of content across six languages around the globe. Cureus, 12(6), e8622. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8622
  9. Ertem, U., Özçakır, S., İrdesel, F., & Günay, S. M. (2023). YouTube as a source of information on piriformis syndrome exercises. Turk J Phys Med Rehabil, 69(1), 15-22. doi: 10.5606/tftrd.2022.10459
  10. Frank, J. M., Harris, J. D., Erickson, B. J., Slikker III, W., Bush-Joseph, C. A., Salata, M. J., Nho, S. J., & Surgery, R. (2015). Prevalence of femoroacetabular impingement imaging findings in asymptomatic volunteers: A systematic review. Arthroscopy, 31(6), 1199-1204. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2014.11.042
  11. Ganz, R., Bamert, P., Hausner, P., Isler, B., & Vrevc, F. J. D. U. (1991). Cervico-acetabular impingement after femoral neck fracture. Der Unfallchirurg, 94(4), 172–175.
  12. Grantham, W. J., & Philippon, M. J. (2019). Etiology and pathomechanics of femoroacetabular impingement. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med, 12(3), 253-259. doi: 10.1007/s12178-019-09559-1
  13. Griffin, D. R., Dickenson, E. J., O'Donnell, J., Awan, T., Beck, M., Clohisy, J., Dijkstra, H., Falvey, E., Gimpel, M., & Hinman, R. J. B. (2016). The Warwick Agreement on femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI syndrome): An international consensus statement. Br J Sports Med, 50(19), 1169-1176. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096743
  14. Griffin, D. R., Dickenson, E. J., Wall, P. D., Achana, F., Donovan, J. L., Griffin, J., Hobson, R., Hutchinson, C. E., Jepson, M., & Parsons, N. R. (2018). Hip arthroscopy versus best conservative care for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (UK FASHIoN): A multicentre randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 391(10136), 2225-2235. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31202-9
  15. Güloğlu, S., Özdemir, Y., Basim, P., & Tolu, S. J. E. (2022). YouTube English videos as a source of information on arm and shoulder exercise after breast cancer surgery. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl), 31(6), e13685. doi: 10.1111/ecc.13685
  16. Koçyiğit, B. F., & Akyol, A. J. (2021). YouTube as a source of information on COVID-19 vaccination in rheumatic diseases. Rheumatol Int, 41(12):2109-2115. doi: 10.1007/s00296-021-05010-2
  17. Langford, B., Hooten, W. M., D’Souza, S., Moeschler, S., & D’Souza, R. S. (2021). YouTube as a source of medical information about spinal cord stimulation. Neuromodulation, 24(1), 156-161. doi: 10.1111/ner.13303
  18. Liu, X., Zhang, B., Susarla, A., & Padman, R. J. (2020). Go to YouTube and call me in the morning: Use of social media for chronic conditions. MIS Quarterly, 44, 1, 257-283. doi: 10.25300/MISQ/2020/15107
  19. MacLeod, M. G., Hoppe, D. J., Simunovic, N., Bhandari, M., Philippon, M. J., Ayeni, O. R., & Surgery, R. (2015). YouTube as an information source for femoroacetabular impingement: A systematic review of video content. Arthroscopy, 31(1), 136-142. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2014. 06.009
  20. Madathil, K. C., Rivera-Rodriguez, A. J., Greenstein, J. S., & Gramopadhye, A. K. (2015). Healthcare information on YouTube: A systematic review. Health Informatics J, 21(3), 173-194. doi: 10.1177/1460458213512220
  21. Nepple, J. J., Prather, H., Trousdale, R. T., Clohisy, J. C., Beaulé, P. E., Glyn-Jones, S., & Kim, Y.-J. J. J.-J. (2013). Clinical diagnosis of femoroacetabular impingement. J Am Acad Orthop Surg, 21 Suppl 1, S16-19. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-21-07-S16
  22. Önder, M. E., & Zengin, O. (2021). YouTube as a source of information on gout: A quality analysis. Rheumatol Int, 41(7), 1321-1328. doi: 10.1007/s00296-021-04813-7
  23. Rittberg, R., Dissanayake, T., & Katz, S. J. (2016). A qualitative analysis of methotrexate self-injection education videos on YouTube. Clin Rheumatol, 35(5), 1329-1333. doi: 10.1007/s10067-015-2910-5
  24. Singh, A. G., Singh, S., & Singh, P. P. (2012). YouTube for information on rheumatoid arthritis—a wakeup call? J Rheumatol, 39(5), 899-903. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.111114