Suzen Esra, Yardibi Fatma, Ozkan Omer, Ozkan Ozlenen, Colak Omer Halil, Ozen Sukru
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Inretechs Technology Company, Antalya Technopark, Antalya, Turkey.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2025 Aug 8;104(32):e43707. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000043707.
Understanding the mechanisms that control motor movements in the brain is crucial to understand neurological disorders and brain plasticity. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an increasingly popular noninvasive method for investigating these processes. This study examined the application of fNIRS in the field of motor function and limbs and showed that after a limited development period between 2006 and 2010, it has grown rapidly since 2010. The number of publications and citations peaked in 2021 to 2022, with a significant increase in citations in 2023 to 2024. Co-citation analysis revealed 26,950 citations in 982 publications, indicating that these studies made a significant contribution to the scientific literature. Over the last 18 years, 2962 authors from 55 countries have published 982 articles on fNIRS, with an average annual growth of 31.75% in publications and 42.55% in citations since 2010. Furthermore, the analysis of combined fNIRS-electroencephalography studies showed that methodological advances are the main focus of research in the field. Further studies that combine the power of combined neuroimaging methods to monitor both electrical activity (electroencephalography) and hemodynamic changes (fNIRS) are expected. In addition to motor and limb research and brain function studies, studies on these approaches in treating diseases such as Parkinson disease and chronic stroke are also drawing attention, showing the growing importance of fNIRS in motor and limb research, and that it will be an important data tool for future studies.
了解大脑中控制运动的机制对于理解神经疾病和大脑可塑性至关重要。功能近红外光谱（fNIRS）是一种越来越受欢迎的用于研究这些过程的非侵入性方法。本研究考察了fNIRS在运动功能和肢体领域的应用，结果表明，在2006年至2010年经历有限的发展期后，自2010年以来其发展迅速。出版物数量和被引次数在2021年至2022年达到峰值，2023年至2024年被引次数显著增加。共被引分析显示，982篇出版物中有26950次被引，表明这些研究对科学文献做出了重大贡献。在过去18年里，来自55个国家的2962位作者发表了982篇关于fNIRS的文章，自2010年以来，出版物的年均增长率为31.75%，被引次数的年均增长率为42.55%。此外，对fNIRS与脑电图联合研究的分析表明，方法学进展是该领域研究的主要重点。预计未来会有更多研究结合多种神经成像方法的优势，同时监测电活动（脑电图）和血流动力学变化（fNIRS）。除了运动和肢体研究以及脑功能研究外，这些方法在治疗帕金森病和慢性中风等疾病方面的研究也备受关注，这表明fNIRS在运动和肢体研究中的重要性日益增加，并且它将成为未来研究的重要数据工具。
