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Global trends in research of pain–gut-microbiota relationship and how nutrition can modulate this link
Recently, more focus has been shed on the connection between chronically painful illnesses and gut bacteria. Microbiota and pain are tightly linked, with nutrition serving as a frequent intervention in daily living and medical practice. However, no bibliometric studies that have been made public have examined the relevant scientific literature. In order to determine the features of the last 20 years’ worth of worldwide scientific production and to identify and explain how the diet might affect this connection, as mentioned earlier, Lu et al. (2023) employed bibliometrics. Searching the Web of Science database provided pertinent publications. The required publication and citation data was collected and then exported to Bibliometrix. Visualization maps were used to show the relevant keywords. From 2003 to 2022, 1551 studies provided insight into the connection between microbiome and pain. Only 122 publications, however, addressed the modulation of this relationship by dietary treatments. The authors noted that gut-pain interaction, pain, gut microbiota, and probiotics received the majority of the citations and attention. Motor themes have garnered more attention in terms of thematic mapping of nutritional status. The authors comment that the scientific literature on the connections between gut microbiota, nutrition, and chronic pain was identified using this bibliometric approach, which also identified the most well-known institutions, researchers, nations, and journals on the subject. This research adds to the body of knowledge advancing clinical microbial medicine. [NPID: Bibliometric, gut, microbiota, nutrition, pain, microbiota medicine]
Year: 2023
