Research trends in exercise therapy for the treatment of pain in postmenopausal osteoporosis over the past decade: A bibliometric analysis

Table 1 Topic search query

Set	Results	Search query
#1	276350	TS = ((perimenopausal woman) or (climacteric women) or (menopause women) or (postmenopausal women) or (menopausal women and bone) or (osteoporosis) or (fracture) or (osteoporotic) or (osteopenia) or (spinal cord injury))
#2	2008447	TS = ((Exercise) OR (Physical activity) OR (Aerobic) OR (Resistance) OR (Strength) OR (Endurance) OR (Yoga) OR (Pilates) OR (Tai Chi) OR (Physiotherapy) OR (Physical therapy) OR (Kinesiology) OR (Feldenkrais) OR (Motor control) OR (Hydrotherapy) OR (Training))
#3	239147	TS = ((Analgesia) OR (Anesthesia and Analgesia) OR (Pain) OR (Acute Pain) OR (Pain Measurement) OR (Breakthrough Pain) OR (Pelvic Girdle Pain) OR (Musculoskeletal Pain) OR (Chronic Pain) OR (Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome) OR (Flank Pain) OR (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes) OR (Shoulder Pain) OR (Neck Pain) OR (Pelvic Pain) OR (Back Pain))
#4	2913	#1 AND #2 AND #3

Web of Science Core Collection: October 11, 2014 to October 10, 2023.

Table 2 Top 10 authors of publications on exercise therapy for pain in postmenopausal osteoporosis

Rank	Author	Frequency	Year	Country
1	Boninger Michael L	12	2015	United States
2	Ring David	9	2016	United States
3	Jensen Mark P	6	2014	United States
4	Chung Kevin C	6	2015	United States
5	Curt Armin	6	2015	Switzerland
6	Archer Kristin R	6	2015	United States
7	Elsoe Rasmus	6	2016	Denmark
8	Larsen Peter	6	2016	Denmark
9	Nakamura Hiroaki	6	2017	Japan
10	Imagama Shiro	6	2019	Japan

Table 3 Frequency and centrality of top 10 cited authors for publications related to exercise therapy for pain in postmenopausal osteoporosis

Rank	Frequency	Author	Rank	Centrality	Author
1	107	Ware JE	1	0.11	Chen Y
2	86	Macdermid JC	2	0.09	Melzack R
3	86	Finnerup NB	3	0.09	Colloca L
4	83	Siddall PJ	4	0.08	Finnerup NB
5	72	Jensen MP	5	0.08	Chaplan SR
6	67	Cohen J	6	0.08	Sluka KA
7	65	Kanis JA	7	0.07	Macdermid JC
8	63	Hudak PL	8	0.07	Beaton DE
9	61	Basso DM	9	0.06	Melton LJ
10	57	Court-Brown CM	10	0.04	Arora R

Table 4 Frequency and centrality of top 10 countries related to publications on exercise therapy for pain in postmenopausal osteoporosis

Rank	Frequency	Countries	Rank	Centrality	Countries
1	931	United States	1	0.32	United States
2	402	Peoples R China	2	0.17	England
3	184	Canada	3	0.13	Spain
4	177	England	4	0.10	Germany
5	162	Japan	5	0.09	Australia
6	151	Germany	6	0.09	Switzerland
7	137	Australia	7	0.07	Sweden
8	124	Italy	8	0.06	Canada
9	121	South Korea	9	0.05	Italy
10	102	Spain	10	0.05	Portugal

Table 5 Top 10 institutions by number of publications on exercise therapy for pain in postmenopausal osteoporosis

Rank	Frequency	Year	Institutions
1	87	2015	University of California System
2	86	2014	Harvard University
3	56	2015	Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education
4	53	2014	Harvard Medical School
5	50	2014	Veterans Health Administration
6	50	2014	United States Department of Veterans Affairs
7	48	2015	University of Toronto
8	48	2016	University of Texas System
9	45	2015	Mayo Clinic
10	42	2015	University of London

Table 6 Frequency and centrality of top 10 cited journals related to exercise therapy for pain in postmenopausal osteoporosis

Rank	Frequency	Cited Journals	Rank	Centrality	Cited Journals
1	870	J Bone Joint Surg Am	1	0.08	Arthritis Res Ther
2	707	Clin Orthop Relat R	2	0.05	Clin J Sport Med
3	691	Arch Phys Med Rehab	3	0.04	Spinal Cord
4	677	Pain	4	0.04	Cochrane Db Syst Rev
5	608	Plos One	5	0.04	Med Sci Sport Exer
6	561	J Bone Joint Surg Br	6	0.04	Brain
7	507	Injury	7	0.04	PM & R
8	484	Spine	8	0.04	Stroke
9	454	Lancet	9	0.04	Ann Oncol
10	452	BMC Musculoskel Dis	10	0.04	Biomaterials

Table 7 Frequency and centrality of top 10 keywords related to exercise therapy for pain in postmenopausal osteoporosis

Rank	Frequency	Keywords	Rank	Centrality	Keywords
1	352	Spinal cord injury	1	0.08	Hip
2	344	Pain	2	0.07	Functional recovery
3	281	Quality of life	3	0.06	Classification
4	267	Management	4	0.06	Efficacy
5	240	Neuropathic pain	5	0.06	Mechanisms
6	168	Exercise	6	0.05	Neuropathic pain
7	166	Outcome	7	0.05	Injury
8	158	Prevalence	8	0.05	Recovery
9	147	Strength	9	0.05	Meta-analysis
10	146	Risk	10	0.05	Association