A bibliometric of research trends in acupuncture for spinal cord injury: Quantitative and qualitative analyses
Huang Y, He K, Fang D, Ni F, Qiu B, Liang K, Ma R · Frontiers in Neurology · 2022 September 15
DOI 10.3389/fneur.2022.936744
Objective
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe disease of the central nervous system with a very high disability rate that seriously affects the daily life of patients. Acupuncture is one of the rehabilitation therapies that has shown significant efficacy in treating post-SCI complications such as motor disorders, neuropathic pain, and neurogenic bladder. Current studies have focused on the effectiveness and mechanisms of acupuncture for SCI, but no studies are available to analyze the bibliometrics of publications related to this area.
Conclusions
The findings suggest that research on acupuncture for SCI is still flourishing, and more research on electroacupuncture for promoting nerve repair and regeneration after SCI will be available in the future.
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