Arovah Novita Intan, Thu Dang Thi Anh, Kurniawaty Juni, Haroen Hartiah
Department of Sports Science, Faculty of Sports Science, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Jalan Colombo No 1 Karangmalang, Yogyakarta, 55228, Indonesia.
School of Science, Faculty of Public Health, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 06 Ngo Quyen, Vinh Ninh Ward, Hue City, Viet Nam.
Sports Med Health Sci. 2023 Jul 10;5(3):181-189. doi: 10.1016/j.smhs.2023.07.001. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Extensive research has been conducted on the roles of physical activity in immune functioning. However, reviews on the effect of physical activity on immune function among obese older adults are scarce. This study aimed to map the trend and development of the key terms and prominent sources to identify potential research opportunities through a systematic bibliographic analysis. A systematic search was conducted in the Scopus database on the following query: (sport∗ OR "physical activity" OR exercise) AND (elderly OR "older adult∗" OR aging) AND (immun∗) AND (obes∗) AND NOT (animal), in March 2023. Publication timing and citation were descriptively analyzed, followed by the bibliographic coupling and the term co-occurrence analyses for generating network and overlay visualization mapping using the VOSviewers software. The search resulted in 426 articles dating back from 1991 to the present and were dominated by authors from Western countries. Three thematic clusters of this research area were generated, covering (1) the impact of physical activity or inactivity on health, (2) physical activity assessments and the use of association and cross-sectional study as the primary type of research, and (3) the physical activity impacts at the population level. For future research, more intervention studies are needed to understand how exercise affects immune response in older obese adults and to explore optimal duration, type, and intensity of the exercise, using a multi-omics approach. Studies in non-Western populations and systematic reviews are recommended to complement this bibliographic analysis.
关于体育活动在免疫功能中的作用，已经进行了广泛的研究。然而，关于体育活动对肥胖老年人免疫功能影响的综述却很少。本研究旨在通过系统的文献分析，梳理关键术语和主要来源的趋势与发展，以识别潜在的研究机会。2023年3月，在Scopus数据库中进行了如下查询的系统检索：（sport∗ 或 “physical activity” 或 exercise） AND （elderly 或 “older adult∗” 或 aging） AND （immun∗） AND （obes∗） AND NOT （animal）。对发表时间和引用情况进行了描述性分析，随后进行文献耦合和术语共现分析，使用VOSviewer软件生成网络和叠加可视化图谱。检索结果为426篇文章，时间跨度从1991年至今，主要作者来自西方国家。该研究领域产生了三个主题集群，涵盖（1）体育活动或缺乏体育活动对健康的影响，（2）体育活动评估以及将关联研究和横断面研究作为主要研究类型的应用，（3）体育活动在人群层面的影响。对于未来的研究，需要更多的干预研究，以了解运动如何影响老年肥胖成年人的免疫反应，并使用多组学方法探索运动的最佳持续时间、类型和强度。建议对非西方人群进行研究并开展系统综述，以补充本文献分析。
