Is YouTube a reliable source for athletic taping?

Background Taping has a critical role in athlete health. Aims To evaluate the quality, characteristics and reliability of the most viewed taping videos in YouTube. Methods Uploaded videos were searched with “athletic taping” and “rigid taping” keywords in YouTube. The educational content quality of...

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Published in:Sport sciences for health 2022-03, Vol.18 (1), p.227-233
Main Authors: Usgu, Serkan, Kudaş, Savaş, Taka, Özgür, Yakut, Yavuz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Athletic taping
Human Physiology
Internet
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Original Article
Sports injuries
Sports Medicine
Statistical analysis
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Summary:Background Taping has a critical role in athlete health. Aims To evaluate the quality, characteristics and reliability of the most viewed taping videos in YouTube. Methods Uploaded videos were searched with “athletic taping” and “rigid taping” keywords in YouTube. The educational content quality of the videos was assessed using the Global Quality Scale (GQS), and reliability was evaluated using the Journal American Medical Association (JAMA) benchmark criteria. Video uploaders (source) were divided into three groups (physiotherapists (PT), athletic trainers (AT) and non-PT/AT) and compared in terms of video quality, reliability and characteristics. Results 82 videos were included in the study. The mean JAMA score of the videos was 2.91 ± 0.89 and GQS score was 4.06 ± 0.87. A significant difference was found among video uploading groups base on days since upload, number of views, daily views, dislikes, like ratio, and JAMA and GQS scores ( p  
ISSN:1824-7490
1825-1234
DOI:10.1007/s11332-021-00798-9