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Review
. 2024 Jan 4:11:1342327.
doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1342327. eCollection 2023.

Exercise therapy for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis rehabilitation: a bibliometric analysis (1999-2023)

Run-Ting Ma #  1   2 , Qiang Wu #  1   2 , Zhen-Da Xu  3 , Li Zhang  1   2 , Yi-Xin Wei  1   2 , Qiang Gao  1   2
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Exercise therapy for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis rehabilitation: a bibliometric analysis (1999-2023)

Run-Ting Ma et al. Front Pediatr. .

Abstract

Background: Among the conservative treatments for rehabilitation of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), exercise therapy has attracted a large number of studies as its advantages of good clinical effect, high operability, high compliance, few side effects and low cost. We conduct a bibliometric analysis of previous research to identify prevalent areas of study and inform research for the future directions in this paper.

Methods: Relevant publications and reviews were collected using the Science Citation Index Expanded from the Web of Science Core Collection. Information from the included studies was analyzed systematically using VOSviewer and Citespace software to identify patterns regarding publications, keywords, authors, citations, countries, institutions and journals.

Results: A total of 172 articles published from 1999 to 2023 were identified. Over the last decade, the number of publications has gradually increased, reaching a peak of 21 publications in 2021. China, North America and Western European countries and institutions are leading the way as far as the quantity of publications and the total number of citations are concerned. The current areas of focus are the efficacy of exercise therapy in relation to enhancing the quality of life of adolescents during rehabilitation.

Conclusions: This is the first bibliometric analysis that provides a comprehensive review of the research trends and advances in exercise therapy for the rehabilitation of AIS. The study identifies latest research frontiers and hot directions, providing a valuable reference for scholars in the field of exercise therapy.

Keywords: adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; bibliometric; exercise therapy; hotspots; rehabilitation; research trends.

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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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Flow chart of the bibliometric search and analysis process.
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Figure 2
Trend of publication outputs from 1999 to 2023 on exercise therapy for AIS rehabilitation topic.
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Figure 3
The top 10 prolific countries and international collaboration network on exercise therapy for AIS rehabilitation research. (A) The number of publications, total citations, and citations per paper in the top 10 countries. (B) The co-operative network visualization map of countries.
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Figure 4
The top 8 active institutions and the inter-institutional collaboration network on exercise therapy for AIS rehabilitation research. (A) The number of publications, total citations, and citations per paper in the top 8 institutions. (B) The density visualization map of institutions.
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Figure 5
Network map of active authors contributed to exercise therapy for AIS rehabilitation research.
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Co-citation network map of journals.
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Figure 7
Analysis of keywords related to publications on exercise therapy for AIS rehabilitation field. (A) The keyword co-occurrence network map. (B) The keyword cluster map. (C) The top 25 keywords with the strongest citation bursts.
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