Thematic delimitation of the Spanish research in Physiotherapy through co-word analysis

Authors

  • Victoria Calvo Fuente Universidad de Alcalá
  • Gisela Canto Mateos Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid
  • María Ángeles Zulueta Garcia Facultad de Documentación, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54886/scire.v19i2.4065

Keywords:

Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Research fronts, Spain, Co-word analysis

Abstract

The main research topics of Physiotherapy in Spain were determined using co-word analysis in a retrospective longitudinal descriptive study. Documents that deal with Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy in Spain were retrieved from the Web of Science, without publication date limits; and analysis and network visualization techniques were used to facilitate the graphical interpretation of information, based on the co-occurrence analysis of KeyWord Plus. the main research lines are about rehabilitation and quality of life in lung diseases, heart diseases, in joint reconstruction, neurological injuries and musculoskeletal dysfunctions and its management through different physiotherapy modalities. The proposed method has turned out to be interesting for a first approach to the delimitation of Physiotherapy domain. Future works should focus on the depth study of the most representative descriptors in musculoskeletal dysfunctions to determine the research topics of Physiotherapy in Spain in a more specific way.

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Published

2013-09-21

How to Cite

Fuente, V. C., Mateos, G. C., & Garcia, M. Ángeles Z. (2013). Thematic delimitation of the Spanish research in Physiotherapy through co-word analysis. Scire: Knowledge Representation and Organization (ISSNe 2340-7042; ISSN 1135-3716), 19(2), 98–101. https://doi.org/10.54886/scire.v19i2.4065

Issue

Vol.19, N.2 (2013)

Section

Research in advance, brief articles and notes

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