Visualization Research on Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment of Ischemic Stroke Based on CiteSpace and VOSviewer
Objective To understand the current situation,hot spot and trend of acupuncture treatment for ischemic stroke in China.Methods CiteSpace software was used to visualize and analyze related literatures in CNKI database.The content includes the number of publications,journals,authors,institutions and keywords.Results A total of 1506 literatures were finally includ-ed.Visualization analysis showed that the research popularity of acupuncture treatment for ischemic stroke in China was on the rise,and the number of articles was increasing year by year,reaching a peak of 214 articles in 2020.It formed a cooperative net-work represented by Han Wei and Li Jing of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine,Cao Yi of Anhui Acupuncture Hospital,Zhou Hongfei of the Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Chinese Medicine,and Li Peifang of Sichuan University.The high-frequency key words were ischemic stroke,acupuncture therapy,awakening and opening the or-ifice acupuncture,aphasia,hemiplegia,etc.,which suggested the research hotspot.Conclusion There are many researches in clinical treatment,sequelae and complications of apoplexy,and modern mechanism of action in this field.Among them,the res-toration of cognitive function,language function and body motor function has become a new hot trend.It is suggested that scholars further study the mechanism of acupuncture treatment for this disease to make up for the lack of research.
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