Postpartum pelvic floor rehabilitation from 2016 to 2025:a bibliometric analysis
CHEN Wen
Abstract：Objective To analyze the current status,research hotspots and trends of postpartum pelvic floor rehabilitation over the past decade.
Methods Literatures related to postpartum pelvic floor rehabilitation published between January 1st,2016 and June 30th,2025 were retrieved from CNKI,Wanfang data,VIP,Web of Science Core Collection,PubMed and Scopus.CiteSpace 6.2.R4 was used for visualized analysis.
Results A total of 1 331 papers were included,including 810 Chinese and 521 English publications.The annual publica-tion volume increased in English articles,and China,the United States and Norway were the countries with the most publication.However,Chinese publication volume decreased after 2023.The keywords of the Chinese and English literatures formed 41 and 51 clusters,respectively,which were integrated into four core research areas:disease types,risk factors,rehabilitation intervention techniques,and outcome evaluation indicators.Chinese lit-eratures mainly focused on clinical applications and technological integration,whereas English literatures mainly focused on mechanism exploration and precision interventions.
Conclusion Researches on postpartum pelvic floor rehabilitation are rising over the past decade.There is a significant di-vergence in the main topics between Chinese and English researches.
Keywords：postpartum rehabilitationpelvic floor musclebibliometrics
Publication Date：2025-12-25
Online Publishing Date：2026-01-06(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：9( 1421-1429 )