Research Status and Hotspots of Movement Economy: A Visual Analysis based on VOSviewer

Objective: The more economical the energy consumption of the human body during exercise, the better the exercise effect, that is, the higher the movement economy (ME). This study applied VOSviewer to conduct a visual analysis of the research hotspots and trends of ME in recent years, with the aim to reveal the pattern and possible mechanism of energy metabolism during exercise. Method: This study screened 3149 relevant papers in the Web of Science Core Collection database before June 30, 2022, and used the VOSviewer for bibliometric and visual analyses. The extracted data included publication journals, countries, high-frequency keywords, etc. Result: The results showed that the United States had the largest number of papers in the field of ME. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise was the journal with the most publications and citations. Scholar Andrew M. Jones exhibited great influence in this field. The research on ME presented interdisciplinary characteristics, mainly focusing on five hotspots, including nutrition and metabolism related to exercise energy consumption, biomechanical factors affecting ME, physiological performance, the impact of special environment on ME, and exercise injury and recovery related to ME. Conclusion: The visual study of the movement economy is of great significance to the improvement of the rationality of sports technology. The analysis results provide a novel perspective for researchers to perform related research in the future and also confer a reference for finding potential collaborators and research cooperation institutions.

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