Institute of Basic Theory for Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
Science and Technology College of Jiangxi, University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, China.
Eur J Med Res. 2023 Sep 21;28(1):359. doi: 10.1186/s40001-023-01253-w.
Acupuncture has been widely used in stroke and post-stroke rehabilitation (PSR), but there is no literature on the bibliometric analysis of acupuncture for stroke. This study aimed to characterize the global publications and analyze the trends of acupuncture for stroke in the past 40 years. We identified 1157 publications from the Web of Science Core Collection. The number of publications grew slowly in the first three decades from 1980 until it started to grow after 2010, with significant growth in 2011-2012 and 2019-2020. China, the USA, and South Korea are the top three countries in this field, and China has formed good internal cooperative relations. Early studies focused on the clinical efficacy of acupuncture for stroke. In the last five years, more emphasis has been placed on the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating sequelae and complications, combined with neuroimaging studies to explore the mechanisms of brain injury repair and neurological recovery. Acupuncture for stroke has a vast research potential, and researchers from different countries/regions and organizations still need to remove academic barriers to enhance communication and collaboration.
针灸在中风和中风后康复（PSR）中得到了广泛应用，但目前尚无针灸治疗中风的文献计量学分析。本研究旨在描述全球针灸治疗中风的研究现状，并分析过去 40 年来的研究趋势。我们从 Web of Science 核心合集数据库中筛选出 1157 篇文献。1980 年至 2010 年前，针灸治疗中风的发文量增长缓慢，2010 年后开始快速增长，且在 2011-2012 年和 2019-2020 年增长更为显著。中国、美国和韩国是该领域发文量排名前三位的国家，且中国已形成了良好的内部合作关系。早期研究主要集中在针灸治疗中风的临床疗效上，近五年来，更多地关注针灸治疗中风后遗症和并发症的疗效，结合神经影像学研究，探索脑损伤修复和神经功能恢复的机制。针灸治疗中风具有广阔的研究潜力，不同国家/地区和组织的研究人员仍需消除学术障碍，加强交流与合作。
