Yoo Myungeun, Jang Chan Woong
From the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Uijeongbu Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University School of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Republic of Korea (MY); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea (CWJ); and Command Center, Doheon Institute for Digital Innovation in Medicine, Hallym University Medical Center, Anyang, Republic of Korea (CWJ).
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2025 Apr 1;104(4):357-363. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002611. Epub 2024 Aug 22.
This study investigates the global research landscape of prehabilitation, identifying current trends, dominant disciplines, collaborative networks, and prominent articles in the field.
For our analysis, we employed the published prehabilitation literature indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection database, spanning from 2002 to 2022. In addition, we utilized CiteSpace (version 6.2; Drexel University), a widely used information visualization software to perform bibliometric analysis.
Analyzing 553 research articles, we observe a consistent upward trend in prehabilitation publication and citation activity. Interdisciplinary co-occurrence analysis highlights strong connections with fields such as surgery, rehabilitation, oncology, sports sciences, orthopedics, gastroenterology, and hepatology. Initially centered around postoperative outcomes in major abdominal surgeries, particularly for colorectal, pancreatic, and prostate cancers, prehabilitation research expanded to include thoracic surgeries, focusing on conditions like lung cancer and aortic valve replacement. Preoperative exercise remains a core area, with increasing interest in multimodal prehabilitation and its effectiveness based on patient group characteristics. North America and Western Europe emerge as primary contributors to prehabilitation research.
Current research concentrates on tailoring prehabilitation programs for specific groups, and broadening their geographical scope would enhance the studies, contributing valuable insights for medical practitioners shaping future research efforts.
本研究调查了术前康复的全球研究概况，确定了该领域的当前趋势、主导学科、合作网络和重要文章。
为了进行分析，我们使用了科学网核心合集数据库中索引的已发表的术前康复文献，时间跨度为2002年至2022年。此外，我们利用了CiteSpace（6.2版；德雷塞尔大学），这是一种广泛使用的信息可视化软件来进行文献计量分析。
通过分析553篇研究文章，我们观察到术前康复的发表和引用活动呈持续上升趋势。跨学科共现分析突出了与外科、康复、肿瘤学、运动科学、骨科、胃肠病学和肝病学等领域的紧密联系。术前康复研究最初集中在大型腹部手术的术后结果，特别是结直肠癌、胰腺癌和前列腺癌，后来扩展到包括胸外科手术，重点关注肺癌和主动脉瓣置换等病症。术前运动仍然是一个核心领域，人们对多模式术前康复及其基于患者群体特征的有效性越来越感兴趣。北美和西欧是术前康复研究的主要贡献地区。
当前的研究集中在为特定群体量身定制术前康复计划，扩大其地理范围将加强这些研究，为指导未来研究工作的医学从业者提供有价值的见解。
