Table 8.
The most frequent keywords related to electroacupuncture for stroke from 2003–2022.
| Cluster | Keyword | Occurrence | Average publication year | Average citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rat | 64 | 2015.9 | 18.7 |
| Apoptosis | 58 | 2016.7 | 18.7 | |
| Mechanism | 47 | 2018.3 | 16.4 | |
| Cerebral ischemia reperfusion | 29 | 2016.0 | 24.7 | |
| Neuroprotection | 28 | 2015.9 | 21.5 | |
| Oxidative stress | 28 | 2017.5 | 19.8 | |
| Ischemia–reperfusion injury | 28 | 2017.9 | 14.9 | |
| Brain injury | 25 | 2016.4 | 15.7 | |
| Inhibition | 24 | 2015.5 | 21.3 | |
| Neural regeneration | 24 | 2013.7 | 8.5 | |
| Neuron | 22 | 2014.9 | 12.9 | |
| Autophagy | 19 | 2019.8 | 18.0 | |
| Hippocampus | 19 | 2014.8 | 15.2 | |
| Inflammation | 18 | 2017.8 | 21.4 | |
| Reperfusion injury | 17 | 2017.8 | 13.5 | |
| Nerve regeneration | 16 | 2017.2 | 11.6 | |
| Cerebral ischemia–reperfusion injury | 15 | 2018.4 | 18.1 | |
| Protect | 15 | 2018.5 | 10.3 | |
| 2 | Electroacupuncture | 285 | 2016.0 | 17.2 |
| Acupuncture | 178 | 2016.5 | 16.6 | |
| Stroke | 176 | 2016.8 | 16.5 | |
| Recovery | 49 | 2016.7 | 11.9 | |
| Stimulation | 45 | 2015.9 | 26.2 | |
| Rehabilitation | 36 | 2016.5 | 17.3 | |
| Cognitive impairment | 22 | 2019.1 | 16.9 | |
| Randomized controlled trial | 20 | 2017.3 | 16.4 | |
| Systematic review | 17 | 2019.2 | 20.7 | |
| Cerebral infarction | 16 | 2016.8 | 6.1 | |
| Therapy | 16 | 2018.3 | 22.7 | |
| Acute ischemic stroke | 15 | 2018.4 | 11.9 | |
| 3 | Brain | 78 | 2015.1 | 22.4 |
| Ischemic stroke | 60 | 2018.5 | 15.3 | |
| Model | 39 | 2017.2 | 14.0 | |
| Ischemia | 31 | 2014.4 | 11.4 | |
| Neurogenesis | 29 | 2017.0 | 16.4 | |
| Neurotrophic factor | 22 | 2014.9 | 25.8 | |
| Cerebral artery occlusion | 21 | 2017.3 | 13.3 | |
| Proliferation | 19 | 2016.7 | 17.0 | |
| Cell | 18 | 2017.3 | 15.5 | |
| Angiogenesis | 18 | 2017.6 | 12.8 | |
| Motor recovery | 15 | 2015.2 | 30.3 | |
| 4 | Expression | 88 | 2016.2 | 20.7 |
| Cerebral ischemia | 78 | 2013.8 | 22.2 | |
| Artery occlusion | 77 | 2013.9 | 24.0 | |
| Activation | 70 | 2016.6 | 21.6 | |
| Focal cerebral ischemia | 46 | 2015.7 | 20.7 | |
| Injury | 46 | 2017.0 | 15.2 | |
| Rapid tolerance | 27 | 2014.8 | 27.9 | |
| Pretreatment | 25 | 2015.5 | 30.0 | |
| Mouse | 20 | 2014.6 | 20.9 | |
| Receptor | 18 | 2014.7 | 24.8 | |
| Reperfusion | 17 | 2014.1 | 23.0 |