A Bibliometric Analysis of High-Intensity Interval Training in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Abstract

As global quality of life has improved, the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases have gradually increased in prevalence. People have consequently sought to improve their health through physical exercise. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) tool that has been of great interest for several years. However, its feasibility and safety remain controversial. This study aimed to explore hot research topics and new directions regarding the role of HIIT in CR and to describe the dynamic development of the field. We used the Web of Science Core Collection database to develop visualizations using CiteSpace software (v.6.1.R2). The number of articles published, institutional collaboration networks, author partnerships, and keyword co-occurrence and clustering were used to analyze the impact of HIIT on CR. Our results showed that Norway, Canada, and the United States were the most prominent contributors to this field. Articles by Nigam, A and Juneau, M had the highest number of citations. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology had performed the most in-depth research in this area. The European Journal of Preventive Cardiology had published the most articles. The United States had the highest number of publishing journals. Relevant issues focused on coronary artery disease, exercise capacity, heart failure, cardiorespiratory fitness, and physical activity. HIIT in heart transplantation may be at the forefront of research in this field and future studies should focus on this topic. HIIT-based CR can therefore improve the exercise capacity and quality of life of cardiovascular patients and improve patient compliance in a safe manner.

Health aspects of aerobic interval training in the rehabilitation of the patients with cardiovascular diseases

“…Most of the studies presented in Table 1 investigated the impact of highand moderate-intensity aerobic interval training on CVD patients (Rognmo et al, 2004;Rankin et al, 2012;Madssen et al, 2014;Kim, Choi, & Lim, 2015;Cardozo, Oliveira, & Farinatti, 2015;Conraads et al, 2015;Donelli da Silveira et al, 2020;Liu, Liu, Ji, Dai, & Han, 2022). Some studies showed that highintensity interval training, ranging from 80-95% HRmax, induced significant improvements in VO 2 max ranging from 13-22% after a 6- (Kim et al, 2015), 10-12- (Rognmo et al, 2004;Rankin et al, 2012;Madssen et al, 2014;Conraads et al, 2015;Donelli da Silveira et al, 2020) and16-20-(Cardozo et al, 2015;Liu et al, 2022) week experimental programme. Since all the studies showed significant cardiorespiratory adaptations it can be noted that the intensity variable plays crucial role in achieving those adaptations.…”

“…However, it is worth mentioning that the studies presented in this paragraph also compared high-and moderate-intensity exercises. Considering the cardiorespiratory adaptations of moderate-intensity groups, improvements in VO 2 max ranged from 8-20% after a 6- (Kim et al, 2015), 10-12-(Rognmo et al, 2004Rankin et al, 2012;Madssen et al, 2014;Conraads et al, 2015;Donelli da Silveira et al, 2020) and16-20-(Cardozo et al, 2015;Liu et al, 2022) week experimental programme. Both high-and moderate-intensity exercise programme showed significant improvements in VO 2 max, although high-intensity interval training seemed to induce a slightly higher increment in cardiorespiratory indications than moderate training in CVDs patients.…”

Current hotspot and study trend of innate immunity in COVID-19: a bibliometric analysis from 2020 to 2022

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Bibliometric analysis of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for tendinopathy

“…[15] It is primarily based on co-citation theory and uses a Pathfinder algorithm to accurately capture the evolutionary critical paths and knowledge inflection point of the target scientific field. [16] CiteSpace can present the development process and structural relationship of a research topic in the form of images, because it has the dual nature and characteristics of "graph and "spectrum." [17] Therefore, a graphic visualization as well as the network, structure, and derivation of many hidden complex relationships between knowledge units or clusters can be presented.…”

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