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Review
. 2022 Nov 2:14:1024163.
doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.1024163. eCollection 2022.

Rehabilitation of motor function after stroke: A bibliometric analysis of global research from 2004 to 2022

Jinjing Hu  1   2 , Jihua Zou  1   2 , Yantong Wan  3 , Qiuru Yao  1   4 , Peng Dong  4 , Gege Li  1   2 , Xuan Wu  2 , Lijie Zhang  2 , Donghui Liang  5 , Qing Zeng  1   2 , Guozhi Huang  1   2
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Rehabilitation of motor function after stroke: A bibliometric analysis of global research from 2004 to 2022

Jinjing Hu et al. Front Aging Neurosci. .

Abstract

Background and aims: The mortality rate of stroke has been increasing worldwide. Poststroke somatic dysfunctions are common. Motor function rehabilitation of patients with such somatic dysfunctions enhances the quality of life and has long been the primary practice to achieve functional recovery. In this regard, we aimed to delineate the new trends and frontiers in stroke motor function rehabilitation literature published from 2004 to 2022 using a bibliometric software.

Methods: All documents related to stroke rehabilitation and published from 2004 to 2022 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection. Publication output, research categories, countries/institutions, authors/cocited authors, journals/cocited journals, cocited references, and keywords were assessed using VOSviewer v.1.6.15.0 and CiteSpace version 5.8. The cocitation map was plotted according to the analysis results to intuitively observe the research hotspots.

Results: Overall, 3,302 articles were retrieved from 78 countries or regions and 564 institutions. Over time, the publication outputs increased annually. In terms of national contribution, the United States published the most papers, followed by China, Japan, South Korea, and Canada. Yeungnam University had the most articles among all institutions, followed by Emory University, Fudan University, and National Taiwan University. Jang Sung Ho and Wolf S.L. were the most productive (56 published articles) and influential (cited 1,121 times) authors, respectively. "Effect of constraint-induced movement therapy on upper extremity function 3-9 months after stroke: the Extremity Constraint Induced Therapy Evaluation randomized clinical trial" was the most frequently cited reference. Analysis of keywords showed that upper limbs, Fugl-Meyer assessment, electromyography, virtual reality, telerehabilitation, exoskeleton, and brain-computer interface were the research development trends and focus areas for this topic.

Conclusion: Publications regarding motor function rehabilitation following stroke are likely to continuously increase. Research on virtual reality, telemedicine, electroacupuncture, the brain-computer interface, and rehabilitation robots has attracted increasing attention, with these topics becoming the hotspots of present research and the trends of future research.

Keywords: CiteSpace; VOSviewer; motor function; rehabilitation; stroke.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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The flowchart of study identification and selection.
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Figure 2
Annual publication trend of stroke motor function rehabilitation. The data for 2022 is not complete.
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Figure 3
(A) countries/regions clustering analysis; (B) institution’s clustering analysis.
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Figure 4
(A) Co-author related to stroke motor function rehabilitation; (B) co-cited author related to stroke motor function rehabilitation.
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Figure 5
Category network map in the field of stroke motor function rehabilitation: (A) publication distribution among different categories; (B) dual-map overlay of journal publishing research.
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Figure 6
(A) Co-cited journals related to stroke motor function rehabilitation; (B) Journals related to stroke motor function rehabilitation; (C) number of journal publications, frequency of citations, total link strength over time; (D) journals heat map on stroke motor function recovery.
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Figure 7
(A) Co-cited references related to stroke motor function rehabilitation; (B) cluster view of co-cited references in stroke motor function rehabilitation research; (C) CiteSpace visualization map of top 25 references with the strongest citation bursts involved in stroke motor function rehabilitation.
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Figure 8
(A) Cluster view of keywords in stroke motor function rehabilitation research; (B) CiteSpace visualization map of timeline viewer related to stroke motor function rehabilitation research.
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Figure 9
Keywords heat map on stroke motor function recovery.
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