Evidence Base of Clinical Studies on Tai Chi: A Bibliometric Analysis

Yang, Guoyan; Wang, Yu; Ren, Junling; Zhang, Yan; Li, Meng-ling; Zhu, Yuting; Luo, Jing; Cheng, Yan-Jun; Li, Wenyuan; Wayne, Peter M.; Liu, Jianping

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“…From a bibliographic methodological perspective up until this point, because of the limitations of the computer software and associated computational power needed, authors by necessity have focused on literature from an individual, specific, time‐window. The duration of this window can be relatively short focusing on a single year or as long as more than half a century (Pinto et al, ; Yang et al, ). Short duration studies tend to look on the total or an expansive part of the literature whereas long duration studies have often been highly focused upon a single type of intervention.…”

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Evolution of physiotherapy scholarship: A comparative bibliometric analysis of two decades of English published work

Benton

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2018

Physiotherapy Res Intl

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Objectives To undertake a bibliometric analysis of the physiotherapy literature at two points in time to identify similarities, differences, and the evolution of scholarship over a 40‐year time‐frame. Method To undertake a quantitative comparative analysis of the published and indexed scholarship literature contained within Scopus relating to physiotherapy over two 10‐year time windows—1978–1987 and 2008–2017. The method used, bibliometrics, is capable of identifying the nature of scholarship, the key actors, and how the focus and methods used to conduct studies have changed. A specialized bibliographic analysis and visualization tool VosViewer (University of Leiden) was used to analyse the extracted results. Results There has been a more than 10‐fold increase in the number of papers published across the two time‐frames (3,384 from the 1978 to 1987 period and 38,434 from 2008 to 2017). The focus of publication has moved from a medical disease orientated approach to one more specifically looking at physiotherapy interventions aimed at addressing functional ability. In addition, a more diverse range of research approaches are being used as well as efforts to synthesize findings across multiple studies using systematic reviews and meta‐analytical techniques. Authors now come from a much wider range of countries than they did 40 years ago, and they are more likely to be part of a large international collaborative research teams. Conclusions This unique and comprehensive analysis of physiotherapy scholarship across two different timeframes has provided important insights into the evolution of the profession, its changing focus and methodological approaches as well as the dramatic increase in activity, growth in research teams and diversity of country origins. For anyone entering the profession at this time, it provides a perspective on the pace of change they are likely to experience in their career ahead.

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Evolution of physiotherapy scholarship: A comparative bibliometric analysis of two decades of English published work

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2018

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“…Em análise bibliométrica realizada por Yang et al (2015), foram levantados 507 estudos clínicos envolvendo o Tai Chi Chuan, entre 1958 e 2013, sendo que praticamente metade deles, 255, tratavam-se de revisões sistemáticas. No conjunto levantado, diversas doenças e agravos foram analisados a partir de intervenções com Tai Chi, destacando-se a hipertensão, diabetes, osteoartrite, osteoporose/osteopenia, câncer de mama, insuficiência cardíaca, doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica, doença arterial coronária, esquizofrenia e depressão.…”

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Tai Chi Chuan em posição sentada: uma revisão sistemática

2018

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RESUMOO presente trabalho teve por objetivo realizar uma revisão sistemática da literatura científica sobre Tai Chi Chuan em posição sentada, entre 2007 e 2017. Foram analisados 17 artigos em língua inglesa e portuguesa. Os trabalhos foram divididos em quatro aspectos: estudos cinemáticos, abordagens político-práticas, aspectos físicos e aspectos psicológicos. A revisão concluiu que as pesquisas sobre Tai Chi em posição sentada centram-se no aspecto terapêutico, ligado ao paradigma da saúde, e boa parte delas carece de precisão metodológica e de amostras populacionais mais amplas. No geral, indicou-se que a prática, de baixo custo e acessível, pode promover melhoras em parâmetros físicos, como equilíbrio postural e amplitude de movimento de ombros, e psicológicos, como autoestima, autoeficácia e qualidade de vida. Além disso, as técnicas do Tai Chi Chuan podem ser facilmente adaptáveis a pessoas com diferentes graus de prejuízo motor. A escassez de estudos sobre o tema sugere a necessidade de novas e mais precisas pesquisas. ABSTRACTThe aim of this work was to carry out a systematic review of the scientific literature on Tai Chi Chuan in a seated position between 2007 and 2017. Seventeen articles were analyzed in English and Portuguese. The works were divided into four aspects: kinematic studies, political-practical approaches, physical aspects and psychological aspects. The review concluded that research on Tai Chi in a seated position focuses on the therapeutic aspect, linked to the health paradigm, and much of it lacks methodological accuracy and the use of broader population samples. In general, it was indicated that the practice, with low cost and accessible, can promote improvements in physical parameters such as postural balance and range of shoulder movement, and psychological, such as selfesteem, self-efficacy and quality of life. In addition, Tai Chi Chuan techniques can be easily adaptable to people with varying degrees of motor impairment. The scarcity of studies on the subject suggest the need for new and more precise research. Tai Chi Chuan en posición sentada: una revisión sistemática RESUMENEste estudio tuvo como objetivo llevar a cabo una revisión sistemática de la literatura científica sobre el Tai Chi Chuan en posición sentada entre 2007 y 2017. Se analizaron 17 artículos en Inglés y portugués. Los trabajos se dividieron en cuatro aspectos: estudios cinemáticos, enfoques políticoprácticos, aspectos físicos y aspectos psicológicos. La revisión concluyó que las investigaciones sobre Tai Chi en posición sentada se centran en el aspecto terapéutico, ligado al paradigma de la salud, y buena parte de ellas carece de precisión metodológica y de muestras poblacionales más amplias. En general, se indicó que la práctica, barata y accesible, puede promover mejoras en parámetros físicos, como equilibrio postural y amplitud de movimiento de hombros, y psicológicos, como autoestima, autoeficacia y calidad de vida. Además, las técnicas del Tai Chi Chuan pueden ser fácilmente adaptables a las personas con dife...

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“…With the wide availability of bibliometric analytical software, there is a rapid proliferation of bibliometric studies on various medical topics in recent years. For example, bibliometric analyses have been utilized to profile the trend of research on various diseases or interventions [10, 11], to quantify a country’s scientific output [12], to gain an insight into the changes in performance over time in a particular area of research [13], to identify highly cited publication [14] and their characteristics [15], and to explore the hot topics of research in a given field [16]. …”

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“…Moreover, Han and Ho evaluated the global trend of acupuncture research based on the Science Citation Index-Expanded database between 1991 and 2009 [21]. The evidence base of clinical studies of Tai Chi for healthcare was evaluated bibliometrically using the PubMed database, the Cochrane Library, and four major Chinese electronic databases [11]. In addition, the statuses of complementary medicine research in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong were compared bibliometrically based on publications from 2000 to 2009, identified from the PubMed database and the Journal Citation Reports [22].…”

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A bibliometric analysis of two decades of aromatherapy research

Koo

2017

BMC Res Notes

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BackgroundQuantitative data are lacking on the profile of published research in aromatherapy. The objective of the study was to investigate the profile of original and review articles under the topic aromatherapy using bibliometric analysis.MethodsArticles on aromatherapy, published between 1995 and 2014, were retrieved from the Science Citation Index-Expanded database from the Web of Science. The records extracted were analyzed for citation characteristics, including the distribution of publication years, languages, countries or regions, journals, articles, and authors using HistCite 12.03.17. VOSviewer v.1.61 was used to construct bibliometric diagrams.ResultsA total of 549 original and review articles, published in 287 different peer-reviewed journals by 1888 authors, were identified. There was a steady increase in the number of published articles from 1995 to 2014. The majority of the articles was written in English (95.8%) and the United States was the leading country in the total number of published articles (n = 107, 19.5%) Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine published the greatest number of articles on the topic (n = 31, 5.6%). The article that received the greatest number of citations was published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine. Visualization analysis based on co-occurrences of words in the title and abstract revealed three clusters of research topics, including essential oil, intervention, and complementary medicine.ConclusionsThis study provided a systematic overview of productivity and visibility of research work in aromatherapy and the findings could be used for organizing and prioritizing future research efforts in aromatherapy research.

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Evidence Base of Clinical Studies on Tai Chi: A Bibliometric Analysis

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Evolution of physiotherapy scholarship: A comparative bibliometric analysis of two decades of English published work

Evolution of physiotherapy scholarship: A comparative bibliometric analysis of two decades of English published work

Tai Chi Chuan em posição sentada: uma revisão sistemática

A bibliometric analysis of two decades of aromatherapy research

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