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Article

A Bibliometric Analysis of High-Intensity Interval Training in Cardiac Rehabilitation

by
Haitao Liu
1,2,3,*,†,
Feiyue Liu
1,†,
Haoyuan Ji
1,
Zuanqin Dai
1 and
Wenxiu Han
1
1
College of Physical Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
2
Research Center of Sports Reform and Development, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
3
Institute of Physical Fitness and Health, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(21), 13745; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113745
Submission received: 4 October 2022 / Revised: 18 October 2022 / Accepted: 20 October 2022 / Published: 22 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recents Advances in Research Applied to Health Disease and Rehabilitation)
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Abstract

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As global quality of life has improved, the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases have gradually increased in prevalence. People have consequently sought to improve their health through physical exercise. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) tool that has been of great interest for several years. However, its feasibility and safety remain controversial. This study aimed to explore hot research topics and new directions regarding the role of HIIT in CR and to describe the dynamic development of the field. We used the Web of Science Core Collection database to develop visualizations using CiteSpace software (v.6.1.R2). The number of articles published, institutional collaboration networks, author partnerships, and keyword co-occurrence and clustering were used to analyze the impact of HIIT on CR. Our results showed that Norway, Canada, and the United States were the most prominent contributors to this field. Articles by Nigam, A and Juneau, M had the highest number of citations. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology had performed the most in-depth research in this area. The European Journal of Preventive Cardiology had published the most articles. The United States had the highest number of publishing journals. Relevant issues focused on coronary artery disease, exercise capacity, heart failure, cardiorespiratory fitness, and physical activity. HIIT in heart transplantation may be at the forefront of research in this field and future studies should focus on this topic. HIIT-based CR can therefore improve the exercise capacity and quality of life of cardiovascular patients and improve patient compliance in a safe manner.

1. Introduction

Heart disease (HD), as a relatively common disease of the circulatory system, is a general term [1] that refers to cardiac injury or abnormal heart function. Heart disease can be congenital (CHD) [2] or acquired. Common symptoms of HD include chest tightness, chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness, and sweating, with chest pain being the most typical symptom [3]. Heart-disease-associated morbidity and mortality rates have increased in recent years, affecting 30–40% of patients over 60 years of age [4]. This is mainly due to the patients ignoring their health and external environment for a long period of time. This leads to high levels of circulating triglycerides [5], which can contribute to atherosclerosis—the most common cause of heart disease. Heart disease can lead to sudden cardiac death, representing a serious threat to human health [6].
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) aims to improve the daily living and quality of life of patients with HD through a comprehensive rehabilitation strategy to prevent the recurrence of cardiovascular disease [7]; it includes rehabilitation assessment, regular medication, exercise therapy, diet therapy, behavioral therapy, and health education [8]. Cardiac rehabilitation is generally aimed towards patients with stable angina, atherosclerosis, heart transplants [9], and/or cardiac infarctions [10]. Exercise therapy is a very important part of CR. Physical function and the ability to perform daily work and life activities can be improved by exercise [11]. Exercise also improves vascular endothelial function [12] and resistance to disease, increases the excitability of the nervous system, enhances the activity of cardiomyocytes, and reduces cardiovascular risk factors and mortality [13].
Moderate intensity continuous training (MICT) is the preferred exercise modality for CR because of its high safety and effectiveness [14]. However, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) has recently been found to be more effective than MICT in the CR of patients with cardiovascular disease [15]. High-intensity interval training is a training method in which the practitioner exercises with extreme intensity (i.e., equal to or greater than the anaerobic threshold or maximum lactate steady-state load intensity) for a few seconds to a few minutes with sustained effort interrupted by a short, inadequate rest interval so that the body is in an incomplete recovery state [16]. High-intensity interval training has been shown to be safe and is used in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic diseases, as well as for physical fitness by the general population [17].
Bibliometric analysis is a key process for further understanding of a field through functions such as clustering, which can help to determine research topics and sort through large amounts of literature data [18]. CiteSpace is a citation visualization analysis software platform developed in the context of scientometrics and data visualization [19] that analyzes literature citations in specific regions and presents the structure, laws, and distribution of scientific knowledge through visual graphs [20]. CiteSpace is now widely used to study disciplinary dynamics and hotspots and can clarify the research status of a field by analyzing the number of articles published, institutional collaboration networks, author partnerships, and keyword co-occurrence and clustering. Therefore, this study aimed to use CiteSpace to explore hot research topics and new directions regarding the role of HIIT in CR, and to describe the dynamic development of the field.

2. Data Collection and Research Method

2.1. Data Collection

Data from the relevant literature used in this study were extracted from the Web of Science (WOS) database, with a timeline from 1 January 2000 to 15 August 2022. The literature inclusion criteria were as follows: literature that was closely related to the study topic, and literature investigating both HIIT and CR. The literature exclusion criteria were as follows: studies investigating only HIIT or CR, or non-heart-related disease, and literature examining other forms of exercise. The first step was to run the topic search “TS = ‘high-intensity interval training or high intensity interval training or HIIT and cardiac rehabilitation’ and TS = ‘high-intensity interval training or high intensity interval training or HIIT and heart’” as the topic, where 2151 items were retrieved, and 181 articles were retained after manual screening. The second step was to search the author keywords (AK) “AK = high-intensity interval training or high intensity interval training or HIIT and coronary artery disease or myocardial infarction or percutaneous transluminal coronary or heart failure or heart transplant”, where 51 papers were retrieved, and 13 were retained after manual screening. The third step was to run the author keyword search “AK = high-intensity interval training or high intensity interval training or HIIT and heart”, which retrieved 76 papers, and 7 were retained after manual screening. A total of 201 relevant items were ultimately obtained on the same day (Figure 1). These retrieved studies were exported in plain text format with full records and cited references and imported into CiteSpace software. The formatted data files in the “output” folder were copied and pasted into the “data” folder for subsequent data analysis.

2.2. Research Methods

CiteSpace visualization software based on the JAVA platform was used to map scientific knowledge. Co-occurrence and clustering analyses were conducted from 1 January 2000 to 15 August 2022 in the WOS database for “high-intensity interval training”, “cardiac rehabilitation”, and related high-frequency terms, research institutions, and countries. Trend graphs of publication volume, authors, geographic distribution, and keywords were drawn to highlight key nodes and research hotspots, thereby visualizing the evolution of HIIT in CR [20]. CiteSpace captured research trends regarding HIIT in CR, explored the key paths and turning points in the evolution of this field, and formed a series of visualization maps to explore the frontiers of the field’s development [21].

3. Results

3.1. Time Distribution

An analytical search of the WOS database yielded 201 publications by foreign scholars from 2004 to 2022. The research on HIIT in the field of cardiac rehabilitation can be seen in Figure 2 from 2004 to 2011 as a steady phase and from 2012 to 2016 as a slow growth phase. However, from 2017 onwards there was a period of rapid year-over-year growth, and a peak was reached in 2021.

3.2. Journals Distribution

The journals were ranked by the number of publications. The top nine journals that published these articles were also identified, with citation frequency, impact factor (IF), and other journal information shown in Table 1. The nine journals with the highest interest in the impact of HIIT on CR published 62 articles on the topic, accounting for 30.8% of all of the included studies. The European Journal of Preventive Cardiology was ranked first with 15 articles, followed by the International Journal of Cardiology and the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, with 9 articles each. From Table 1, we can see that the journal Circulation from the United States ranked first in IF (39.918), CiteScore (40.5), and citation frequency (505).

3.3. Highly Productive Paper Authors

The time range was set to 2000–2022, with a time slice of 1 year and a g-index parameter k set to 25 in the selection criteria (Figure 3). There were 332 nodes with 836 connections and a network density of 0.0152. As can be seen from Table 2, Authors with 11 publications included Gullestad, L and Nytroen, K from Norway, and Juneau, M and Nigam, A from Canada, tied for first place. Among the top 10 authors in terms of number of publications, 4 was from Norway and 3 was from Canada. Among them, Juneau, M and Nigam, A from Canada ranked first in terms of total citations (426).

3.4. Analysis of Cited Articles

Citation frequency is an important indicator of the influence and quality of the scientific work of countries, institutions, and individuals. Table 3 shows that the most frequently cited article was from Circulation, with 269 total citations. This paper was published by Rognmo, O in 2012. Of the top 10 most frequently cited articles, 2 articles were from Circulation. Among the top 10, 2 articles each were published in 2012, 2015, and 2017.

3.5. Country Distribution

The countries with more than 20 articles were Norway (33), Canada (30), the United States (29), and China (21), accounting for 16.4%, 14.9%, 14.4%, and 10.4% of the total number of articles published, respectively (Table 4). According to the literature, scholars from Norway, Canada, and the United States were the first to publish on the topic, and their research productivity has been at a stable level in recent years. Other countries with significant numbers of publications included Australia (19), Germany (13), Brazil (13), the United Kingdom (12), Spain (12), and Switzerland (11) (Figure 4).

3.6. Institutional Distribution

The four institutions with 10 or more publications in this field from 2000 to 2022 were the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (14 articles), University of Oslo (13 articles), University of Queensland (12 articles), and University of Montreal (10 articles) (Table 5). The top 10 institutions were mainly from Norway, Canada, Australia, the United States, and Germany; of these, 4 institutions were from Norway and Canada, 2 institutions were from Australia, 1 institution was from Germany, and 1 was from the United States.

3.7. Keyword Analysis

3.7.1. Keyword Co-Occurrence Analysis

In the functional parameter area of CiteSpace, “Keyword” was selected as the network node, the time slice was 1 year, and the threshold value was set to “Top N = 50%” to visualize the keyword co-occurrence of HIIT in CR; the results are shown in Figure 5. The number of nodes in Figure 5 is 283, the network density is 0.0463, and there are 1849 lines between the nodes. The number of lines indicates the increased co-occurrence of two keywords, the color of the lines indicates the year of occurrence of the keywords, and the thickness of the lines indicates the closeness of the connection between the keywords. In addition to high-frequency core keywords such as “coronary artery disease”, “exercise capacity”, “heart failure”, “cardiorespiratory fitness”, “quality of life”, “physical activity”, and “myocardial infarction” are shown in red in Figure 5, indicating a recent surge in interest. As can be seen in Table 6, many of the studies were performed to improve the physiological function of the human body through exercise interventions for patients with different cardiovascular diseases—including coronary artery disease and heart failure—and to identify the optimal intensity of HIIT.

3.7.2. Keyword Clustering Analysis

Based on the keyword co-occurrence analysis, in order to better analyze the hot topics and trends of HIIT in the field of CR, a keyword timeline clustering analysis was performed (Figure 5); keyword clustering time-zone mapping was run using CiteSpace (Figure 6), and the specific time-zone mapping information is summarized in Table 7. Time-zone mapping yielded nine sets of related clustering labels; the smaller the number of labels, the more keywords were included in the clusters. The cluster module value (Q value) of the map was 0.3781, indicating a significant cluster structure. The average profile value (S value) of the clusters was 0.7187, which is a measure of homogeneity; the larger the S value, the higher the homogeneity. This value suggests that the clusters were reasonably homogeneous. Relevant keywords for research on the effects of HIIT on CR first appeared in 2004, and a second wave of relevant keywords appeared in 2010.
Based on the previous keyword co-occurrence mapping and clustering mapping analysis, CiteSpace’s emergent word detection function was further used to identify emergent words, emergent intensity, and emergent time to describe the use of a keyword over a specific time period (Figure 7). An emergent word refers to keywords that have changed significantly over a short period of time, and the red area indicates the length of time that the keyword has lasted from the year in which its sudden appearance began [22]. Emergent word analysis enabled us to observe a shift in HIIT research hotspots in CR in recent years. The key term “continuous moderate exercise” had the highest emergent intensity (3.08).

4. Discussion

Cardiac rehabilitation is designed to improve the function and structure of the heart in patients with heart disease and to optimize the patient’s physical and mental state [23]. Long-term HIIT intervention produces good results, increasing the patients’ ability to care for themselves and leading to an improved quality of life. CiteSpace provides analysis by visual means to present the structure, pattern, and distribution of scientific knowledge and summarize the relationships between authors, countries, journals, and institutions through visual mapping, which is now widely used to study disciplinary dynamics and hot spots.
Trends in the impact of HIIT on CR and the level of research interest in this area can be reflected by the number of papers published over a given time period. Our data show that the benefits of HIIT are being increasingly reported, particularly regarding its role and safety in CR. More relevant research findings are bound to emerge, as shown by the trendline of the index.
Among the top 10 journals with the highest number of publications, Circulation from the USA ranked first in IF, CiteScore, and citation frequency. The category of the journal is medicine, its subcategory is cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and its rank in this category is 1/336. This indicates that the academic papers published in this journal are of high quality and have a strong influence. In terms of countries of publication, four of the top nine journals were from the USA, indicating that the USA has invested more and attached more importance to this area of study.
Collaboration mapping allows researchers to describe the contributions of individual scholars to the field and their collaborative relationships with one another, as well as to visually identify the more prolific authors who have published more papers [24]. Among them, Juneau, M and Nigam, A from Canada ranked first in terms of total citations, indicating that their scholarly work has been recognized by numerous scholars. Juneau, M and Nigam, A focused on the effects of HIIT intervention in patients with heart disease—particularly those with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction [25,26,27]. A comparison or combination of different forms of exercise was also performed to find the most suitable form of exercise for cardiac patients [28,29,30]. A comparison of HIIT and MICT revealed that the HIIT intervention was more effective, safer, and better tolerated by patients [31]. Additionally, experiments with HIIT exercise prescriptions of different intensities were conducted, and a progressive individualized model was proposed to be refined and used according to the patient’s specific situation [32]. Several cooperative networks exist to study HIIT in CR, permitting higher levels of communication and cooperation. However, no cooperative relationships were seen between different cooperative groups, suggesting that they focused on internal cooperation.
Among the top 10 most cited articles, the “Cardiovascular risk of high versus moderate-intensity aerobic exercise in coronary heart disease patients” had the highest total number of citations, indicating that this article is of high academic value and reflects research hotspots and trends to a certain extent. This article compares the effects of HIIT and MICT on cardiovascular rehabilitation. The results showed that both HIIT and MICT reduced the incidence of cardiovascular events, but HIIT provided greater cardiorespiratory protection and was more suitable for patients with coronary artery disease [33].
The results showed that Norway, Canada, and the United States were dominant in the field of HIIT in CR. These countries constituted a connection point for exchange and learning between other countries, and this improved academic research and exchange between countries. China only had cooperative relations with the United States, having little exchange with other countries. There was still a big gap between Norway, Canada, and other countries. Future research on HIIT in CR in China could be improved by increased exchanges with researchers from other countries.
The research institute can directly see the leading position and the backbone of the research field of HIIT’s effect on cardiac rehabilitation [24]. In line with previous analyses of authors and countries, the main research institutions were the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University of Oslo, University of Queensland, and some other universities. These universities are mainly located in countries such as Norway and Canada, further indicating that these regions are among the world leaders in research on the effects of HIIT on cardiac rehabilitation. Most of these research institutions are universities. There were no Chinese universities listed, suggesting a significant gap between China and other countries in this field.
Keywords provide a high-level summary of the research topic and research content and can reveal the core content of an article; they can also reflect both the basic direction of the research content and relationships between individual keywords [34]. Keyword co-occurrence refers to the occurrence of different keywords in the same document and is used to explore hotspots in the research field [35]. The size of the keyword nodes can be observed in the graph, which represents the frequency of keyword occurrence. The higher the keyword frequency in a certain field, the stronger the indication that it is a research hotspot, although not all high frequency keywords have high centrality. Centrality is used to determine the importance of the literature, and higher centrality indicates that the keyword has more influence on the whole field. Those keywords with a centrality greater than 0.1 are considered key nodes and potential research hotspots. One study found that implementing a long-term CR program led to sustained muscle strength gains in men with cardiovascular disease, reducing the decline in health caused by aging and the decline in muscle mass associated with age [36]. Wang Bozhong et al. [37] found that HIIT training after a myocardial infarction in rats could protect cardiomyocytes and blood vessels, reduce inflammation of the heart and peripheral circulation, reduce cardiac fibrosis, and improve cardiac function. Abdelhalem et al. conducted a study of an HIIT model that included aerobic exercise, in order to reduce the prevalence and mortality of patients with coronary heart disease, and were able to increase the aerobic capacity of patients and improve the VO2max of cardiac patients [38]. The main indicators of CR’s effectiveness were exercise capacity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and quality of life. The effectiveness of HIIT was identified via the patient’s physiological response. Studies have shown that HIIT can significantly increase peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) after interventions for coronary artery disease, thereby reducing the risk of death and improving the cardiorespiratory fitness of patients with coronary artery disease. High-intensity interval training can also achieve similar results to MICT in a shorter period of time [39]. VO2peak and maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) represent not only improved circulatory function, but also increased exercise capacity [40,41]. Ellingsen et al. [42] performed a 12-week trial of regular HIIT and showed that it could reverse the left ventricular remodeling of patients with heart failure and improve their aerobic capacity [43]. High-intensity interval training significantly improves cardiac ejection fraction (i.e., increased end-diastolic ventricular volume and decreased end-systolic ventricular volume in patients in heart failure) and can significantly improve systolic-diastolic function [44]. High-intensity interval training is a short and efficient exercise method with a proven safety profile and few adverse effects in heart failure studies [45,46]. After the HIIT intervention, the overall physical health of the patients improved, their physical functions were enhanced, and the long-term intervention produced good results, increasing the patients’ ability to take care of themselves and leading to an improved quality of life. Contraindications to training should be identified and evaluated in advance, permitting the selection of appropriate exercises, strict exercise supervision, and termination of training if necessary [47].
Researchers were more focused on cardiovascular diseases such as coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction, so as to understand the adverse effects of these diseases and the benefits of the combination of drug and exercise therapy. Even when medication is ineffective, HIIT can provide symptom relief, yielding some improvement in exercise capacity and quality of life [48]. Exercise compliance in patients with a cardiovascular disease is a necessary foundation for good long-term recovery, but poor compliance has also been an important problem. The HIIT program can be combined with different exercise modalities to make it easier for patients to stick with the program by adjusting the intensity and enhancing the fun of the exercise, thereby imparting improved body composition, cardiopulmonary function, and glucolipid metabolism. As scholars continue to study HIIT, there has been an increased focus on postoperative rehabilitation tools for patients suffering from coronary artery disease, and myocardial infarction. This shift in research is in line with realistic developmental characteristics [49]. Patients with cardiovascular disease can exhibit symptoms such as autonomic nervous system disorders that lead to an imbalance between sympathetic and naval nerves, resulting in reduced myocardial contractility and increased cardiac load. Implementing HIIT in cardiac rehabilitation programs can improve patients’ cardiovascular health and autonomic nervous system function [50]. Moderate-intensity continuous training, as a traditional form of aerobic exercise, was more commonly applied as endurance training for people, which was beneficial for the rehabilitation of patients with heart disease. Meanwhile, HIIT, in contrast to MICT, can increase aspects such as peak oxygen uptake, heart rate, and cardiac output, all of which contribute to the improvement of the VO2peak and VO2max of patients [51]. Physical activity can improve exercise capacity in people with heart disease. HIIT can be used to reduce the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as body fat content and glucolipid metabolism [52]. High-intensity interval training enhances the cardiac function of people with cardiovascular disease, as evidenced by increased cardiac output, beat-to-beat output, and ejection fraction [53]. However, the patient’s physical indicators and physiological responses should be closely monitored during and after HIIT [54]. Exercise intensity should be increased gradually to allow the patient to gradually adapt, ensuring patient safety and avoiding secondary morbidity [55].
The most emergent key term in recent years was “heart transplantation”, indicating that HIIT in heart transplantation will be the latest research hotspot in the field. The burst keywords in recent years were “HIIT” and “oxygen uptake”, indicating that these aspects may also be included among the latest research hotspots in the field. High-intensity interval training had a better impact than “continuous moderate exercise”, improving patients’ VO2peak and aerobic capacity while reducing their cardiovascular mortality. High-intensity interval training programs that are longer in duration and higher in intensity can improve cardiovascular function and increase patients’ tolerance to exercise [56]. High-intensity interval training programs need to be tailored to the individual patient’s abilities and exercise habits in order to maximize compliance and safety while minimizing physiological discomfort [57].

5. Conclusions

Our results showed that the number of publications in the field of HIIT in CR has grown rapidly since 2017. This is consistent with the relatively rapid development of the field. The research can be divided into three stages: a stable period from 2004 to 2011, a slow growth period from 2012 to 2016, and a rapid rise from 2017 to the present. Future developments in this research field will be of increasingly high quality and will thereby be able to provide more complete scientific and theoretical data. The leading research institutions in this field are led by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the University of Oslo, and the University of Queensland. There is a core group of research institutions in Norway, Canada, and Australia. In journals ranked by number of publications in the field, Circulation from the United States was the journal with the highest IF and CiteScore to have published on HIIT in CR. This journal mainly concerns disciplines such as cardiovascular medicine and epidemiology. In our analysis of keyword co-occurrence, clustering time zones and emergent words, it was found that the research theme clusters were mainly focused on “chronotropic response”, “cardiovascular rehabilitation”, and “endothelial function”. Research hotspots have focused on coronary artery disease, exercise capacity, heart failure, cardiorespiratory fitness, and quality of life. High-intensity interval training in heart transplantation may be at the forefront of research in this area, and future studies should focus on this topic. The focus of researchers during each time period was different, indicating that work on HIIT in CR is continuously developing. High-intensity interval training controls cardiovascular disease risk factors—including hypertension, dyslipidemia, and low exercise capacity—and plays a role in improving cardiopulmonary function, ventricular diastolic function, and ventricular remodeling. Patients with cardiovascular disease who engaged in HIIT showed increased VO2max and VO2peak, improving their exercise capacity. Patients with impaired cardiac function and restricted daily activities due to their disease also showed significantly improved quality of life following HIIT interventions. Not only did the patients’ self-care ability gradually improve with HIIT, but their family members were also relieved of their care burden.

6. Limitations

This paper mainly analyzed the impact of HIIT on CR research from a macro perspective, so as to provide a comprehensive grasp of the research hotspots and trends in this field. CiteSpace was used to analyze the numbers of documents, institutions, countries, authors, and keywords, so there may be a lack of detail in some information, and some small directions are not reflected in the study. The bibliometrics could show the research hotspots in this field, as well as the relationships and contributions be-tween authors, institutions, and countries, to help further explore the development trends in this field. Moreover, CiteSpace can analyze from a global perspective, which is helpful for researchers to systematically grasp the research process and trends in this field. This makes it easier for researchers to make new discoveries on this basis. Finally, the timespan of this study was set from January 2000 to August 2022. The analysis of articles published after August 2022 is lacking, so there will be deviations in the analysis of future research trends.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, H.L. and F.L.; methodology, H.L.; software, F.L.; validation, H.L.; data curation, H.J.; formal analysis, Z.D.; writing—original draft preparation, F.L.; writing—review and editing, H.L.; visualization, W.H.; funding acquisition, H.L. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was supported by Henan Science and Technology Development Project grants (202102310320), Henan Higher Education Institutions Key Project grants (23B890001), Henan University Graduate Education Innovation and Quality Improvement Plan Project grants (SYL-AL2022011), and Henan University Teaching Reform Project grants (HDXJJG2021-152).

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Database search flow chart.
Figure 1. Database search flow chart.
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Figure 2. Publication trends over time.
Figure 2. Publication trends over time.
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Figure 3. Author collaboration chart.
Figure 3. Author collaboration chart.
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Figure 4. Countries collaboration chart.
Figure 4. Countries collaboration chart.
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Figure 5. Keyword co-occurrence knowledge map.
Figure 5. Keyword co-occurrence knowledge map.
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Figure 6. Keyword clustering and visual time-zone mapping.
Figure 6. Keyword clustering and visual time-zone mapping.
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Figure 7. Top 10 keyword bursts.
Figure 7. Top 10 keyword bursts.
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Table 1. Top 9 journals by publications.
Table 1. Top 9 journals by publications.
RankJournalPublicationsCitationsCountryCategory ZoneIF (2021)CiteScore
1European Journal of Preventive Cardiology15308United KingdomQ18.5269.8
2International Journal of Cardiology9184IrelandQ24.0397.0
3Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention9164United StatesQ23.6463.9
4Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine66SwitzerlandQ25.8468.2
5Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine5142FranceQ15.3935.7
6Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism541CanadaQ23.0164.5
7Circulation5505United StatesQ139.91840.5
8Medicine43United StatesQ31.8172.7
9ESC Heart Failure419United StatesQ23.6123.8
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Table 2. Top 10 authors by publications.
Table 2. Top 10 authors by publications.
RankAuthorPublicationsCountryTotal CitationsAverage Citations
1Gullestad, L11Norway19918.1
2Nytroen, K11Norway19918.1
3Juneau, M11Canada42638.7
4Nigam, A11Canada42638.7
5Gayda, M10Canada25425.4
6Rolid, K8Norway12215.3
7Coombes, J8Australia15819.8
8Taylor, J8United States597.4
9Trachsel, L7Switzerland284.0
10Yardley, M7Norway8311.9
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Table 3. Top 10 papers with the most citations.
Table 3. Top 10 papers with the most citations.
RankTitleAuthorPeriodicalsFrequency of CitationsYear
1Cardiovascular risk of high- versus moderate-intensity aerobic exercise in coronary heart disease patients Rognmo, OCirculation2692012
2High-intensity interval training in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction Ellingsen, OCirculation1952017
3Effectiveness of high-intensity interval training for the rehabilitation of patients with coronary artery disease Warburton, DERAmerican Journal of Cardiology1742005
4High-intensity interval training in cardiac rehabilitation Guiraud, TSports Medicine1722012
5High intensity interval training for maximizing health outcomes Karlsen, TProgress in Cardiovascular Diseases1252017
6High-intensity interval training vs. moderate-intensity continuous exercise training in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a pilot study Angadi, SSJournal of Applied Physiology1112015
7Low-volume, high-intensity interval training in patients with CAD Currie, KDMedicine and Science in Sports and Exercise1102013
8Interval training versus continuous exercise in patients with coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis Elliott, ADHeart Lung and Circulation1082015
9High-intensity interval training versus moderate intensity continuous training within cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysisHannan, ALOpen Access Journal of Sports Medicine1032018
10High-intensity interval training may reduce in-stent restenosis following percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation: a randomized controlled trialMunk, PSAmerican Heart Journal1032009
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Table 4. Top 10 countries by publications.
Table 4. Top 10 countries by publications.
RankCountryNumber of Publications
1Norway33
2Canada30
3United States29
4China21
5Australia19
6Germany13
7Brazil13
8United Kingdom12
9Spain12
10Switzerland11
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Table 5. Top 10 institutions in terms of number of articles issued.
Table 5. Top 10 institutions in terms of number of articles issued.
RankCountryInstitutionsNumber of Publications
1NorwayNorwegian University of Science and Technology14
2NorwayUniversity of Oslo13
3AustraliaUniversity of Queensland12
4CanadaUniversity of Montreal10
5United StatesMayo Clinic8
6CanadaMontreal Heart Institute7
7CanadaMcMaster University6
8NorwayOslo University Hospital6
9NorwayNorway Health Association5
10AustraliaSunshine Coast University Hospital5
10CanadaHamilton Health Science5
10GermanyTechnical University of Munich5
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Table 6. Top 10 keywords co-occurrence frequency.
Table 6. Top 10 keywords co-occurrence frequency.
RankKeywordsNumber of OccurrencesCentralityYear of Occurrence
1Coronary artery disease590.072010
2Exercise capacity420.132012
3Heart failure420.052012
4Cardiorespiratory fitness380.082013
5Physical activity370.062009
6Quality of life370.052008
7Aerobic exercise360.142012
8Myocardial infarction310.102010
9Heart disease190.082011
10Peak oxygen uptake180.072017
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Table 7. List of keyword clusters.
Table 7. List of keyword clusters.
RankSizeSilhouetteClusterKeywords (Partial)
#0440.602Chronotropic responseHeart transplantation; oxygen consumption; heart-related quality; myocardial infarction
#1410.665Cardiovascular rehabilitationCardiovascular disease; coronary artery disease; skeletal muscle power; myocardial infarction
#2410.695Endothelial functionAcute coronary syndrome; energy expenditure; chronic heart failure; cardiopulmonary exercise test; intermittent exercise
#3360.895Cardiac rehabilitationExercise prescription; cardiovascular disease; peak oxygen uptake; cardiorespiratory fitness
#4300.772Myocardial infarctionDysfunction; cell; rehabilitation; high-intensity interval training; aerobic exercise
#5260.705Percutaneous coronary interventionCoronary artery disease; cardiac rehabilitation; clinical outcomes
#6230.686Cardiac remodelingErgometric training; coronary artery bypass; chronic heart failure
#7210.813Cardiovascular preventionExercise prescription; inspiratory muscle training; moderate-intensity aerobic continuous exercise training; coronary artery disease
#8190.775High-intensity interval trainingHealth-related quality; myocardial infarction; maximal oxygen consumption; peak oxygen consumption
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