Grupo de investigación en intervención psicosocial y rehabilitación funcional, Department of Physical Therapy, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Campus de Oza, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University, Queensland, Australia; Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney, and Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
Braz J Phys Ther. 2022 Jul-Aug;26(4):100429. doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2022.100429. Epub 2022 Jul 12.
Bibliometric studies are used to analyse and map scientific areas, and study the scientific output and impact of institutes and countries.
Describe the thematic structure and evolution of the field of physical therapy interventions using articles indexed in Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro). Also, identify and compare the main producers (countries, institutions) over time (research output, citation impact).
Eligible articles were those indexed in PEDro (1986-2017) and matched to Web of Science. VOSviewer software, bibliometric text mining, and visualisation techniques were used to evaluate the thematic structure of the included articles. We collected data about authors' country and institutional affiliation, and calculated bibliometric indicators (production, citation impact).
A total of 29 090 articles were analysed. Eight topics were identified: "neurological rehabilitation"; "methods"; "exercise for prevention and rehabilitation of lifestyle diseases"; "assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal pain"; "physical activity", "health promotion and behaviour change"; "respiratory physical therapy"; "hospital, primary care and health economics"; "cancer and complementary therapies". The most productive countries were United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. The most impactful countries were United States, France, Finland, and Canada. The most productive institutions were University of Sydney, VU University of Amsterdam, University of Queensland, and University of Toronto.
The thematic structure of physical therapy interventions has evolved over time with "neurological rehabilitation", "methods", "exercise related to lifestyle diseases", and "physical activity" becoming increasingly important. Main producers of this research were traditionally located in North America and Europe but now include countries like China and Brazil.
文献计量学研究用于分析和绘制科学领域图谱，并研究机构和国家的科学产出和影响力。
使用 Physiotherapy Evidence Database（PEDro）索引的文章描述物理治疗干预领域的主题结构和演变。此外，随着时间的推移（研究产出、引文影响力），确定和比较主要的生产者（国家、机构）。
符合条件的文章是指 PEDro（1986-2017 年）索引的文章，并与 Web of Science 匹配。使用 VOSviewer 软件、文献计量学文本挖掘和可视化技术评估纳入文章的主题结构。我们收集了作者所在国家和机构隶属关系的数据，并计算了文献计量指标（产出、引文影响力）。
共分析了 29090 篇文章。确定了 8 个主题：“神经康复”；“方法”；“运动预防和生活方式疾病康复”；“肌肉骨骼疼痛的评估和治疗”；“身体活动”；“健康促进和行为改变”；“呼吸物理治疗”；“医院、初级保健和卫生经济学”；“癌症和补充疗法”。最具生产力的国家是美国、英国、澳大利亚和加拿大。最有影响力的国家是美国、法国、芬兰和加拿大。最具生产力的机构是悉尼大学、阿姆斯特丹自由大学、昆士兰大学和多伦多大学。
随着时间的推移，物理治疗干预的主题结构不断演变，“神经康复”、“方法”、“与生活方式疾病相关的运动”和“身体活动”变得越来越重要。这项研究的主要生产者传统上位于北美和欧洲，但现在包括中国和巴西等国家。
