Li Wei Han, Hadizadeh Maryam, Yusof Ashril, Naharudin Mohamed Nashrudin
Faculty of Sports and Exercise Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Nov 9;10(11):2242. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10112242.
The publications on elbow pain (EP) in overhead sports are increasing. The results of previous studies mostly focus on the influence of EP in the ball game and throwing sports. Thus, a bibliometric analysis of these publications may show the direction of hot topics and future research trends. The purpose of this study is to identify the research trends on EP in overhead sports. For the methods, the first step is to use the main keywords of 'Elbow pain' and 'Overhead sport' merging auxiliary vocabulary to reach the relevant global publications between 1970 and 2022 in the Web of Science (WoS) database. The literature data set is imported into EndNote literature manager software to remove duplication. Secondly, the duplication-reduced articles are imported to an Excel sheet according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria of this study. In the third step, VOSviewer software is applied as the main analysis tool in extracting data for analysis from the articles. Then, the main research results for three aspects are obtained by VOSviewer software which extracted and analyzed the parameters of author name, article title, publication journal, keywords, organization, publication country/region, and the sum of times cited from 455 qualified papers. The study found that the United States of America made the most outstanding contribution to this theme study. The research on EP in overhead sports in China requires more attention from scholars. EP in swimming is a new research direction worthy of attention. In conclusion, the research results prove the growth trend of EP in overhead sports. The EP problem not only exists in the ball game and throwing sports but also swimming. Sport commercialization and the involvement of related professional sports organizations determine the degree of EP's attention in a specific sport and the development of solutions. The development of a region or country also affects the depth and scope of EP study. Clinical research development and in-depth exploration are one of the bases to solve EP problems. Non-clinical action is beneficial to EP patients, but it still needs to be explored and studied.
关于上肢运动中肘部疼痛（EP）的出版物正在增加。先前研究的结果大多集中在EP对球类运动和投掷运动的影响上。因此，对这些出版物进行文献计量分析可能会显示热门话题的方向和未来的研究趋势。本研究的目的是确定上肢运动中EP的研究趋势。在方法方面，第一步是使用“肘部疼痛”和“上肢运动”的主要关键词合并辅助词汇，以获取1970年至2022年期间Web of Science（WoS）数据库中的相关全球出版物。将文献数据集导入EndNote文献管理软件以去除重复项。其次，根据本研究的纳入和排除标准，将减少重复后的文章导入Excel工作表。第三步，应用VOSviewer软件作为主要分析工具，从文章中提取数据进行分析。然后，VOSviewer软件从455篇合格论文中提取并分析了作者姓名、文章标题、出版期刊、关键词、机构、出版国家/地区以及被引用次数总和等参数，得出了三个方面的主要研究结果。研究发现，美国在该主题研究中做出了最突出的贡献。中国在上肢运动中EP的研究需要学者更多关注。游泳中的EP是一个值得关注的新研究方向。总之，研究结果证明了上肢运动中EP的增长趋势。EP问题不仅存在于球类运动和投掷运动中，也存在于游泳中。体育商业化以及相关专业体育组织的参与决定了特定运动中对EP的关注程度和解决方案的发展。一个地区或国家的发展也会影响EP研究的深度和广度。临床研究的发展和深入探索是解决EP问题的基础之一。非临床行动对EP患者有益，但仍需探索和研究。
