Motor Behavior

Mapping of Co-occurrence of Scientific Products in the Field of Children's Physical Activity in the Open Space of Primary Schools

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Restoration, Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the scientific products in the field of physical activity of students in primary schools, using scientometrics and descriptive method and co-occurrence of keywords technique, Scopus and Pubmed databases were examined using VOSViewer and SPSS software. The findings identified 10 clusters in which the terms "obesity", "health promotion", "intervention" and "nutrition and health", "physical education" and "medical" in the most common category and "architecture and physical factors" it was one of the lesser-known areas. The growth of scientific production showed an upward trend that has accelerated since 2011. The share of the United States, Australia and Canada in the number of releases was the highest. Analysis of Iranian scientific products showed the highest level of cooperation with Malaysia, USA and New Zealand that 46.15% of the researches were focused on the medical, 23.07% nutrition, 15.38% rehabilitation and 7.69% on the field of behavioral and ergonomics.Most of these studies were conducted in primary schools in Tehran. More than 85% of these studies among the faculties of medical sciences and only 15% of the productions were the achievements of the faculties of architecture and management. Findings of this research, in addition to emphasizing the need to pay attention to the position of motor behavior in Iran due to the low trend of publication, will help future researchers to identify more of the leading gaps such as lack in non-medical fields, saving time by not dealing with repetitive topics, take steps to fill these gaps.

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Motor Behavior
Volume 13, Issue 46
February 2022
Pages 201-230

  • Receive Date 30 November 2021
  • Revise Date 27 January 2022
  • Accept Date 12 February 2022

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