Wu Dan, Zhang Haojie, Leng Yan, Li Kai, Li Shijue, Lo Wai Leung Ambrose
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Rehabilitation Medicine and Translation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Front Neurol. 2023 Jan 9;13:1026867. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1026867. eCollection 2022.
Routine rehabilitation services were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Telehealth was identified as an alternative means to provide access to these services. This bibliometric study aimed to analyze the scientific literature to discover trends and topics in the potential applications of telerehabilitation for patients with stroke.
The Web of Science electronic database was searched to retrieve relevant publications on telerehabilitation. Bibliometric data, including visual knowledge maps of authors, countries, institutions, and references, were analyzed in CiteSpace. Visualization maps were generated in VOSviewer to illustrate recurrent keywords and countries actively involved in this research area.
The analysis was performed based on 6,787 publications. The number of publications peaked between 2019 and 2021, coinciding with the years of the COVID-19 outbreak. A total of 113 countries in Europe, North America, Asia, and Oceania had at least one publication in this research field, implying global attention in this research area. Nine of the top 10 most productive countries are developed countries, indicating a potentially higher capability to implement a telerehabilitation program.
The potential benefits and diversity of telerehabilitation are already highly visible from clinical studies, and further improvements in these technologies are expected to enhance functionality and accessibility for patients. More relevant research is encouraged to understand the barriers to increased adaptation of telerehabilitation services, which will finally translate into a significant therapeutic or preventive impact.
常规康复服务因新冠疫情爆发而中断。远程医疗被视为提供这些服务的一种替代方式。这项文献计量学研究旨在分析科学文献，以发现远程康复在中风患者潜在应用中的趋势和主题。
检索科学网电子数据库以获取有关远程康复的相关出版物。在CiteSpace中分析文献计量数据，包括作者、国家、机构和参考文献的可视化知识图谱。在VOSviewer中生成可视化地图，以说明该研究领域中反复出现的关键词和积极参与的国家。
基于6787篇出版物进行分析。出版物数量在2019年至2021年之间达到峰值，这与新冠疫情爆发的年份相吻合。欧洲、北美、亚洲和大洋洲共有113个国家在该研究领域至少有一篇出版物，这意味着该研究领域受到全球关注。前10个产出最多的国家中有9个是发达国家，这表明实施远程康复计划的能力可能更高。
远程康复的潜在益处和多样性已在临床研究中高度显现，预计这些技术的进一步改进将增强患者的功能和可及性。鼓励开展更多相关研究，以了解远程康复服务推广增加的障碍，这最终将转化为显著的治疗或预防效果。
