A trend of Tai Chi in osteoporosis research: a bibliometric analysis
Author: Li Bing Liang1, Ming Yue Zhang1, Kun Peng Li2, Jian Miao Hou3, Cai Qin Wu4
Affiliation:
1 School of Nursing, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
2 School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
3 Sanlinkangde Community Health Service Center, Shanghai 200124, China. Electronic address: 773266584@qq.com.
4 School of Nursing, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China. Electronic address: yuwuchina@aliyun.com.
Conference/Journal: Complement Ther Med
Date published: 2024 Sep 14
Other:
Pages: 103083 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2024.103083. , Word Count: 301
Background:
Tai chi has been used to treat different forms of osteoporosis and increase bone density without the use of pharmaceuticals.
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to use bibliometric analysis to methodically examine trends and hotspots of tai chi treatment for osteoporosis in order to generate references for further investigation.
Methods:
The articles on tai chi to treat osteoporosis was obtained from China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wan Fang, Web of Science (WOS) and PubMed between inception and November 8,2023. The annual publication volume, authors, institutions, and keywords, along with co-citation, clustering, and burst analysis, were analyzed using CiteSpace.
Results:
Totally, 328 publications were included. The number of annual publications has been rising rapidly in recent years. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Shanghai University of Sport are two of the best universities for Tai Chi treatment in osteoporosis. This area of research is dominated by Zhou Yong; Yu Dinghai; C, Pence B and Qin L. Core authors and core institutions having a relatively low level of collaboration indicates that there may be limited interaction and cooperation between these key players in the field. China had the highest volume of publications, followed by the United States. Furthermore, the majority of the study subjects and influence mechanism are the focus of current research in this field.
Conclusion:
Tai Chi in osteoporosis research field is in a stage of stable development. Universities and higher education institutions are the leading institutions in this field. China and the United States emerging as high productivity nations. The study of Tai Chi in osteoporosis not only focuses on the applicable population, effects and intervention methods, but also gradually shifts to the mechanism study such as "secretion of beneficial factors", "physical exercise load" and "oxidative stress status".
Keywords: CiteSpace; Osteoporosis; Tai Chi; bibliometric analysis.
PMID: 39284420 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2024.103083
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