Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 14;19(12):7278. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19127278.
The World Health Organization has identified nervous system diseases as one of the biggest public health problems, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Considering the extensive benefits of physical activity (PA), the literature on the PA research of ASD has increased each year, but there is a lack of bibliometric analyses in this field. To investigate the research achievements worldwide, this paper adopts bibliometrics to analyze the trend in the academic literature on the PA research of ASD published from 1980 to 2021. The documents were retrieved from the Web of Science database, and the search strategy was to combine the keywords related to "physical activity" and "autism spectrum disorder" by using the Boolean operator tools "OR" and "AND" in the title. A total of 359 English documents were retrieved. Microsoft Excel, Data Wrapper, VOSviewer, and Biblioshiny were used for the visual analysis. We found that the number of published documents increased the fastest from 2017 to 2021, which may be due to the promulgation of the and the influence of COVID-19 on the world. The United States and the University of California systems are in the leading position in this field. Cooperation among countries with different levels of development will help to jointly promote the PA research progress on ASD. The focus themes include "individual effect", "social support" and "activity dose". The analysis of the frontier topic points out that researchers are paying increasing attention to how to improve the health and physical fitness of this group through PA. This research clearly puts forward a comprehensive overview, theme focus, and future trends in this field, which may be helpful to guide future research.
世界卫生组织已将神经系统疾病确定为最大的公共卫生问题之一，包括自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）。鉴于身体活动（PA）的广泛益处，关于 ASD 中 PA 研究的文献每年都在增加，但该领域缺乏文献计量学分析。为了调查全球的研究成果，本文采用文献计量学方法分析了 1980 年至 2021 年发表的关于 ASD 中 PA 研究的学术文献的趋势。这些文献是从 Web of Science 数据库中检索出来的，检索策略是通过标题中的布尔运算符工具“OR”和“AND”结合与“身体活动”和“自闭症谱系障碍”相关的关键词进行组合。共检索到 359 篇英文文献。使用 Microsoft Excel、Data Wrapper、VOSviewer 和 Biblioshiny 进行可视化分析。我们发现，从 2017 年到 2021 年，发表的文献数量增长最快，这可能是由于 的颁布和 COVID-19 对世界的影响。美国和加利福尼亚大学系统在该领域处于领先地位。不同发展水平国家之间的合作将有助于共同促进 ASD 中 PA 的研究进展。合作研究的重点主题包括“个体影响”、“社会支持”和“活动剂量”。前沿主题分析指出，研究人员越来越关注如何通过 PA 提高这一群体的健康和身体素质。本研究清楚地提出了该领域的全面概述、主题重点和未来趋势，这可能有助于指导未来的研究。
