Fig 1.
Flow diagram of websites included*.
†Search term 1: “Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and exercise”. ‡Search term 2: “Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and physical activity”. *On July 14, 2023, the first 150 identified English websites for each of the two search terms in Google were selected for the study (n = 300). An updated search was conducted on July 2, 2024, to identify any new or relevant websites, assessing the first 25 websites for each search term.
Table 1.
Website characteristics.
Table 2.
Criteria for content scoring of websites on exercise training.
Fig 2.
Percentage (%) of websites addressing short- and long-term benefits of exercise training.
Fig 3.
Percentage (%) of websites addressing educational aspects of exercise training.
Other: Hydration, sun protection, weather, air quality health index, nutrition/diet, sleep, overcoming kinesiophobia, (i.e., through cognitive behavioural therapy).