Table 3.

Physician evaluation of additional information and recommendations of top 10 hits using “scoliosis” as search term in Google^TM.

		Website	Scoliosis Research Society	Spine Health	Medicine Net	Mayo Clinic	Wikipedia	Niams.nih.gov	WebMD	Medical News Today	Kids Health	Google
	Additional Information	Debunking myths	5.00	4.67	0	4.33	0	4.67	4.33	0	0	0
		Current research	4.33	0	0	4.33	4.67	4.67	0	0	0	0
		Surgery above Cobb Angle	4.67	0	4.33	0	5.00	0	4.00	0	3.00	0
		Chiropractic cures	4.67	2.67	0	4.67	0	3.50	4.33	0	0	0
		Extra information	4.33	5.00	4.67	4.33	4.67	4.33	0	4.00	4.33	0
Descriptive Information	Recommend	Speak with physician	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
		Routine scoliosis screening	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Information	Patient handouts	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
		Privacy policy	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
		Citations present	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
		# Front page ads	0	0	3	2	0	0	5	4	0	0
	Reading Level	Grade	College	College	10th	11th	College grad +	10th	11th	College	7th	10th