1000 Section - Evaluating the Quality and Reliability of Cervical Spine Isometric Exercise Videos on Youtube for Neck Pain: A Cross-sectional Study

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PT

Presenting Author/Autor expositor(s)

NR

Niña Ricci C. Reyes, MD

Consultant
St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City
Quezon city- E. rodriguez, National Capital Region, Philippines

Co-Author/Coautor(s)

Carl Froilan D. Leochico, PTRP, MD, FPARM, MHSc (he/him/his)

Clinician-Investigator
UHN - Toronto Rehab
Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

Objectives :

Background: YouTube contains simple and easily accessible home/health hacks, including self-exercises. However, the quality/reliability of health-related contents cannot always be assured, potentially leading to unreliable and harmful information. With rising digital device use, musculoskeletal cervical pains have increased, and neck exercises on YouTube have not been previously evaluated.

Objective: To evaluate the quality/reliability of YouTube neck isometric exercise videos.

Design:

Popular YouTube neck exercise videos were searched and rated using the Global Quality Scale and Modified DISCERN scale.

Results: 21/197 videos were included. Most videos had moderate quality (52.38%), uploaded by non-physician healthcare professionals (76.19%). Videos with generally poor quality (14.29%) were mostly uploaded by independent users (66.67%). Video quality and source were significantly correlated.

Conclusion: Quality/reliability of exercise videos vary based on sources. Videos produced by non-physician healthcare professionals were higher in quality/reliability than those produced by independent users. Medical professionals and institutions can be proactive in providing more quality/reliable public health-related resources.