Research in neurorehabilitation from 2015 to 2024:a bibliometric analysis
GAO Kaixiang
LU Haitao
Abstract：Objective To analyze the application trends and research hotspots of neurological rehabilitation over the past decade.
Methods Relevant literatures on neurological rehabilitation published between January,2015 and December,2024 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database.Citespace 6.3.R1 was used for visualization analysis.
Results A total of 8 727 articles were included,among which 1 117 were from China,with an overall upward trend in an-nual publication volume in both contexts.The United States was the most productive country,and Harvard Uni-versity was the most prolific institution.The top three high-frequency keywords globally were spinal cord injury,neurological rehabilitation and virtual reality,whereas the top three high-frequency keywords in China were spi-nal cord injury,ischemic stroke and brain-computer interface.In recent years,bursting keywords in global includ-ed functional neurological disorder,artificial intelligence and deep learning,while bursting keywords in China were neurological function and machine learning.
Conclusion Over the past ten years,the volume of global and Chinese researches on neurological rehabilitation has con-tinued to increase.Neurological disorders such as stroke,spinal cord injury,traumatic brain injury and neurode-generative diseases are the hotspots in this field.The application of emerging technologies,including artificial in-telligence,virtual reality,and brain-computer interfaces,is driving the advancement of neurological rehabilitation.
Keywords：neurorehabilitationartificial intelligencestrokespinal cord injurybibliometrics
Publication Date：2026-01-25
Online Publishing Date：2026-02-04(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：10( 59-68 )