Visual Analysis of Research Trend of Traditional Chinese Medicine Exercises and Cardiac Rehabilitation
Objective:CiteSpace 6.1R2 and VOSviewer software were used to analyze the research status and future research direction of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)exercises for intervention in cardiac rehabilitation.Methods:The China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI)and WanFang Database were used as data sources,relevant literatures of TCM exercises intervention for cardiac rehabilitation were searched.CiteSpace 6.1R2 and VOSviewer software were imported to perform visual analysis on publication volume,authors,institutions,keyword co-occurrence,keyword clustering,and other information.Results:A total of 1 922 literatures were obtained,and 197 were included after screening.The number of published papers in this field showed the rise since 2016.A total of 202 authors were included.The top 3 institutions in terms of publication volume were Guangzhou University of TCM(10 articles),Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine(7 articles)and the First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine(6 articles).Research hotspots focused on the rehabilitation of coronary heart disease(CHD)by the intervention of BaDuanJin and Tai Chi.Conclusion:The intervention of TCM exercises in cardiac rehabilitation has great advantages and broad development space.At present,the research in this field focuses on the evaluation of its clinical efficacy.In the future,it is necessary to strengthen exchanges and cooperation among research institutions,improve the evaluation criteria of the efficacy of TCM exercises in cardiac rehabilitation intervention,and deepen the exploration of rehabilitation mechanisms.
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