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Table 1 Characteristics of the websites

From: Can We Go Online for Sports Injury Prevention? A Systematic Review of English-Language Websites with Exercise-Based Sports Injury Risk Reduction Programmes

Programme

Country of origin

Website’s type

Ads

Readability (0–100)

% of complex words

Easily understood by people aged

Benefits (B), risks (R), precautions (P) listed or discussed*

Pictures or diagrams*

Videos*

JAMA benchmark criteria score (0–4)

Total: authorship attribution disclosure currency*

HONcode certification*

1. ACC SportSmart: Coaches’ Kit

New Zealand

Public education

No ads

79.2

9.18

12–13

B y

R n

P y

y

n

2:

n

n

y

y (2002)

n

2. ACL Injury Prevention Program

USA

Health business

Consult ads

64.8

12.02

12–13

B y

R n

P y

y

n

1:

n

n

y

n

n

3. ACL Injury Prevention Programme for the Competitive Female Athlete

USA

Health business

Consult ads

71.4

6.67

12–13

B y

R n

P y

y

n

2:

y

n

y

n

n

4. ACL Prevention Programme by Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists

USA

Health business, Public education

No ads

65.8

6.98

8–9

B n

R n

P y

y

n

1:

n

n

y

n

n

5. Activate Injury Prevention Exercise Programme

UK

Community, public education, academic

Club ads, product ads

47.0

23.88

14–15

B y

R n

P y

y

y

3:

y

y

y

n

n

6. Baseball Pitchers and Throwers Ten Exercise Program

USA

Health business

Consult ads

66.3

13.14

12–13

B y

R n

P n

y

n

1:

n

n

y

n

n

7. FIFA 11 + Injury Prevention Advanced Warmup via wakemed.org

USA, Norway

Health business

Consult ads

65.8

15.67

12–13

B y

R n

P y

y

y

1:

n

n

y

n

n

8. FIFA 11 + Injury Prevention Basic Warm-Up via wakemed.org

USA, Norway

Health business

Consult ads

65.3

16.99

12–13

B y

R n

P y

y

y

1:

n

n

y

n

n

9. Footy First

Australia

Public education, academic, community

Club ads

44.3

17.73

14–15

B y

R n

P y

y

y

4:

y

y

y

y (2011)

n

10. GAA15 for Gaelic Games athletes

Ireland

Public education, academic

No ads

55.8

22.53

12–13

B y

R n

P y

y

y

2:

y

n

y

n

n

11. Hamstring Injury Prevention

USA

Health business

Consult ads

58.1

11.65

14–15

B n

R n

P n

n

y

1:

n

n

y

n

n

12. Injury Prevention Routine by Seattle Pediatric Sports Medicine

USA

Health business, public education

No ads

80.3

4.16

12–13

B n

R n

P y

y

y

1:

n

n

y

n

n

13. Injury Prevention Workout for Basketball via stack.com

USA

Public education

Product ads

61.8

13.63

13–14

B y

R n

P n

n

n

2:

y

n

n

y (2012)

n

14. KIPP (Knee Injury Prevention Program)

USA

Health business

Consult ads

61.6

15.95

13–14

B y

R n

P y

n

y

4:

y

y

y

y (2006–2007)

n

15. The KNEE Programme Netball

Australia

Public education

Consult ads

44.3

20.21

14–15

B y

R n

P y

n

y

2:

y

n

y

n

n

16. Little League Baseball Injury Prevention Programme by Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Medicine

USA

Health business

No ads

96.7

4.76

6–7

B y

R n

P y

y

n

2:

y

n

y

n

n

17. NetballSmart by Netball New Zealand

New Zealand

Public education

Product ads

64.5

12.59

12–13

B y

R n

P y

y

y

3:

n

y

y

y (2019)

n

18. OSTRC Shoulder Injury Prevention Programme for handballers

Norway

Public education, academic

No ads

64.1

19.57

13–14

B y

R n

P n

n

y

4:

y

y

y

y (2017)

n

19. PEP (Prevent Injury, Enhance Performance)

USA

Academic, health business

Consult ads

73.2

14.08

11–12

B y

R n

P y

y (for stretching only)

n

1:

n

n

y

n

n

20. Professional Physical Therapy Injury Prevention Programme for young soccer players

USA

Health business, public education

Consult ads

43.7

25.67

15–16

B y

R n

P y

n

y

2:

n

n

y

y (2014)

n

21. Sanford Knee Injury Prevention Program

USA

Health business

Consult ads

91.8

6.19

7–8

B y

R n

P y

y

n

2:

n

y

y

n

n

22. Sports Conditioning for the Female Knee: An Injury Prevention Program

USA

Health business

Consult ads

86.1

8.38

10–11

B y

R n

P y

n

n

3:

y

y

y

n

n

23. Sports Injury Prevention by PhysioAdvisor.com

Australia

Health business

Consult ads, product ads, membership ads

23.7

30.85

16–17

B y

R n

P y

y

n

3:

y

n

y

y (2019)

n

24. Sports Physiotherapy Sideline Safety Workbook

New Zealand

Public education

No ads

91.9

4.81

7–8

B y

R n

P y

y

n

2:

y

n

y

n

n

25. Stop sports injuries: An injury Prevention Curriculum for Coaches

USA

Health business, public education

No ads

74.7

5.19

12–13

B y

R n

P y

n

n

4:

y

y

y

y (2011)

n

26. The 11

USA, Norway

Public education

No ads

84.6

6.40

8–9

B y

R n

P y

y

n

2:

y

n

y

n

n

27. Warm-up, Cool-down and Stretch by ACC SportSmart

New Zealand

Public education

No ads

90.5

6.35

7–8

B y

R n

P y

y

n

1:

n

y

n

n

n

28. Warm-up exercises for Field Hockey by JYPhysiotherapy

UK

Health business

Consult ads

63.3

15.28

13–14

B y

R n

P n

n

y

2:

y

y

n

n

n

29. WIPP programme

USA

Health business

Consult ads, product ads

59.5

19.93

13–14

B y

R n

P n

y

n

1:

n

n

y

n

n

  1. *y yes, n no, JAMA framework The Journal of the American Medical Association framework, HONcode Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct
  2. 1. http://www.marching.co.nz/assets/PDFS/00-results/coacheskit.pdf
  3. 2. https://loptonline.com/acl-injury-prevention-program/
  4. 3. http://www.swansonmcarthurpt.com/aclprogram_11_-rysc.pdf
  5. 4. https://www.sosbones.com/media/2126/acl-prevention-program.pdf
  6. 5. https://www.englandrugby.com/participation/coaching/activate
  7. 6. https://www.upmc.com/services/sports-medicine/for-athletes/baseball/education-material/throwers-ten-exercise-program
  8. 7. https://www.wakemed.org/ncfc-injury-prevention-warmup
  9. 8. https://www.wakemed.org/ncfc-improve-your-power-performance
  10. 9. http://www.aflcommunityclub.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Coach_AFL/Become_a_Coach/Accreditation/FootyFirst_-_Manual.pdf
  11. 10. https://learning.gaa.ie/Gaelic15
  12. 11. https://www.childrenshospitalvanderbilt.org/patient-education/hamstring-injury-prevention
  13. 12. https://seattlepediatricsportsmedicine.com/injury-prevention/injury-prevention-warm-up-program/injury-prevention-routine/
  14. 13. https://www.stack.com/a/injury-prevention-workout-for-basketball
  15. 14. http://kipp.instituteforsportsmedicine.org/
  16. 15. https://knee.netball.com.au/about/
  17. 16. http://sudburybaseball.com/2e5ca83d-a7fd-45d1-95f7-8735947a7429/Text/Documents/1398/16034.pdf
  18. 17. http://www.netballnz.co.nz/useful-info/Netball-smart?fbclid=IwAR3kvttG0Q6hSMBdCttUBaHzR9HB57c9PmV1SnqbObZHFbHBaVnOl4p7LAw
  19. 18. https://www.facebook.com/EISphysiotherapy/videos/516355868708829/
  20. 19. https://health.usf.edu/medicine/orthopaedic/smart/pep
  21. 20. https://www.professionalpt.com/services/injury-prevention-for-young-athletes/
  22. 21. https://www.sanfordpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/014000-00428-BOOKLET-Skipp-Exercises-8_5x8_5-1.pdf
  23. 22. https://www.massgeneral.org/ortho-sports-medicine/conditions-treatments/pdfs/Sports-Conditioning-for-the-Female-knee.pdf
  24. 23. https://www.physioadvisor.com.au/health/injury-prevention/
  25. 24. https://www.sportsphysiotherapy.org.nz/sideline%20management.pdf
  26. 25. https://www.stopsportsinjuries.org/STOP/Downloads/Resources/CoachesCurriculumToolkit.pdf
  27. 26. https://www.kort.com/uploadedFiles/KORT/Content/Services/Sports_Medicine/Concussion_Management/FIFA-the-11-Booklet.pdf
  28. 27. http://acceleratephysio.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ACC-Warm-up-cool-down.pdf
  29. 28. https://www.jyphysiotherapy.com/hockey/warm-up-exercises-field-hockey/
  30. 29. https://sportsmetrics.org/training/wipp/