Visual analysis of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment for cognitive impairment after stroke based on CiteSpace
10.3760/cma.j.cn114798-20250509-00400
- VernacularTitle:针灸治疗卒中后认知障碍相关研究的可视化分析
- Author:
Shujin HE
1
;
Yan LI
1
;
Dandan CHENG
1
;
Yiwen LI
1
;
Yan CHEN
1
;
Yuanhong LIU
1
;
Qianru CHEN
1
;
Huiwen MAO
1
Author Information
1. 上海交通大学医学院附属同仁医院康复科，上海 200336
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Stroke;
Cognition disorders;
Acupuncture and moxibustion;
Visual analysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2025;24(7):840-851
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To identify the characteristics of research on scalp acupuncture in the treatment of post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI).Methods:This was a bibliometric analysis. We selected relevant studies from both Chinese databases (China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database, and WanFang Data Knowledge Service Platform) and English databases (Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus) from their inception to December 2023. The CiteSpace software was used to perform visual-based analyses of publication trends, collaborative networks among countries and institutions, author collaboration networks, and research hotspots.Results:We included 730 Chinese studies and 112 English-language studies. From 2004 to 2023, the number of publications on scalp acupuncture for PSCI showed an increasing trend. All Chinese studies were published in China, mainly by universities, and the institutional collaboration density was low (0.002 9). For English-language studies, China had the most publications (103), followed by the USA (7) and Germany (3). Chinese universities were the main publishing institutions, and the density of inter-institutional collaboration (0.183 3) was higher than that for Chinese literature. The density of the author collaboration network was 0.005 0 for Chinese studies and 0.023 8 for English-language studies. In Chinese studies, the most frequent keywords with a centrality greater than 0.1 were cognitive impairment (248 times), stroke (240 times), needling (162 times), cerebral infarction (82 times), and electroacupuncture (80 times). In English-language studies, these were stroke (40 times), cognitive impairment (32 times), acupuncture (15 times), dementia (15 times), ischemic stroke (10 times), and mechanism (7 times). For Chinese studies, the top 3 clusters focused on clinical studies of the effects of scalp acupuncture on PSCI. In English-language studies, the top 4 clusters mainly involved research on the effects and assessment methods of scalp acupuncture for PSCI. The timeline map of keywords in Chinese studies showed that before 2015, the high-frequency keywords were stroke, cognitive impairment, needling, electroacupuncture, scalp acupuncture, body acupuncture, rehabilitation, moxibustion, and clinical research. From 2015 onwards, keywords such as rat, apoptosis, inflammatory factors, mechanism research, signaling pathways, mice, and animal experiments appeared. The timeline map of keywords in English-language studies showed that before 2013, there were few accumulated keywords. After 2013, high-frequency keywords included "multi-infarction rat""computer-based cognitive training""apoptosis""electroacupuncture""mild cognitive impairment""randomized controlled trial""scalp acupuncture""post-stroke cognitive impairment""stroke rehabilitation""systematic review" and "hippocampal CA1 region". In Chinese studies, keywords with high burst intensity included cerebral infarction, acupuncture therapy, vascular, baihui (GV-20), review, learning and memory, and scalp acupuncture. In English-language studies, these included "multi-infarction rat""mild cognitive impairment""electroacupuncture""post-stroke cognitive impairment"and"systematic review".Conclusions:Research in this field has grown rapidly in recent years. Chinese studies focus mainly on the clinical effects of scalp acupuncture for PSCI, while English-language studies focus more on related mechanisms. Furthermore, both Chinese and English-language studies show good consistency in the focus of experimental research, which mainly focuses on the mechanisms of electroacupuncture in the treatment of PSCI.
