Abstract
Study design
Qualitative studies.
Objectives
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most devastating injuries to the central nervous system that places a major burden on society. Neuromodulation technology involving spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and sacral nerve modulation (SNM) is a promising technique for patients with SCI. However, there has been no bibliometric analysis of research in this field to date.
Setting
Not applicable.
Methods
Systematic analyses of countries, institutions, authors, journals, co-cited documents, keywords, genes and diseases were performed. Related gene and disease data from the citexs platform were also reviewed. A total of 7437 articles on SCS and SNM in SCI were retrieved from the Web of Science database. The search time was limited to 1985-01-01 to 2022-12-31.
Results
We identified a significant increase in research output on SCS and SNM in SCI in recent years, with a concentrated period of high publication activity. Multiple publications were identified on neuropathic pain, electronic stimulation, TNF, BDNF and STAT3 gene expression, indicating that complications and potential therapeutic strategies for SCI are a key focus in the field.
Conclusion
Our study provides insights that may help to advance scientific research and potentially improve outcomes in patients with SCI.
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The datasets analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 82101253) and Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2022CFB108). This study was also supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82172160). This study was also supported by grants 2022020801010535 from Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau.
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JLC: Conceptualization, software, resources, writing—original draft preparation. JR: Conceptualization, software, writing—original draft preparation. JW: Conceptualization, software, resources. YFJ: validation, data curation, writing—review and editing, funding acquisition. JSY: validation, investigation, resources, data curation, writing—review and editing, supervision, funding acquisition. ZYX: writing—review and editing, supervision, funding acquisition. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript.
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Ye, J., Chen, J., Wang, J. et al. Bibliometric analysis of research on spinal cord and sacral neuromodulation in spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord 62, 634–641 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-024-01029-x
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