《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2022, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (5): 593-601.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2022.05.015

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Researches about assistive devices in recent ten years: a visual analysis

LUO Jun1a,HUANG Huanhuan1b,WANG Jun1b,YANG Lining1c,XIAO Mingchao1a()   

  1. 1. a. Urology Department; b. Nursing Department; c. Rehabilitation Medicine Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
  • Received:2022-01-05 Revised:2022-04-27 Published:2022-05-25 Online:2022-06-10
  • Contact: XIAO Mingchao E-mail:xmz.2004@163.com
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFC2005900);Key Research and Development Program Jointly Implemented by Sichuan and Chongqing(cstc2020jscx-cylhX002)

Abstract:

Objective To analyze the research status, research hotspots and trends at home and abroad in the field of rehabilitation assistive devices in the past ten years. Methods The relevant articles of rehabilitation assistive devices from 2012 to 2021 in CNKI and Web of Science (WoS) core collection database were retrieved. The authors, countries, institutions, research hotspots, and trends were extracted with CiteSpace and VOSviewer to draw knowledge mapping. Results and Conclusion The annual articles published at home and abroad has shown an upward trend year by year. The team with the most articles in China is the Yu Hongliu team, and the institution with the most articles is China Assistive Devices and Technology Center for Persons with Disablities. The team with the most foreign articles is the Maysam G team, and the institution with the most articles is the University of Pittsburgh. The United States has the largest number of literatures and the highest intermediary centrality. Research hotspots related to rehabilitation assistive devices at domestic and abroad mainly focus on the design and development of rehabilitation assistive device products, the application of rehabilitation assistive devices in special/vulnerable populations, the application effect of rehabilitation assistive devices and related professional services; the development trend of intelligent assistive device product design and application research based on intelligent perception, brain-like computing, deep learning and virtual/augmented reality is predicted.

Key words: assistive devices, rehabilitation, knowledge mapping, visual analysis

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