SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Sports Act. Living

Sec. Exercise Physiology

Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1560803

This article is part of the Research TopicInsights and Reviews In Movement Science 2023View all 21 articles

Evolution of Documents Related to Performance in Boccia: A Paralympic Sport Bibliometric Analysis

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Cátia C. FerreiraCátia C. Ferreira1,2,3Victor Hernández-BeltránVictor Hernández-Beltrán1JOSÉ M. GAMONALESJOSÉ M. GAMONALES1,4Mário Cunha EspadaMário Cunha Espada2,3,5,6,7*Jesús Muñoz-JiménezJesús Muñoz-Jiménez1
  • 1Group of Optimization of the Training and the Sport Performance, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
  • 2Sport Physical Activity and Health Research and Innovation Center, College of Education of Coimbra, Rio Maior, Santarém, Portugal
  • 3Escola Superior de Educação, Instituto Politecnico de Setubal (IPS), Setúbal, Portugal
  • 4Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Extremadura., Badajoz, Spain
  • 5Interdisciplinary Center for Human Performance, Faculty of Human Motricity, University of Lisbon, Dafundo, Portugal
  • 6Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV-Leiria), Rio Maior, Santarém, Portugal
  • 7Comprehensive Health Research Centre, University of Evora, Évora, Portugal

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Background: The purpose of this study was to develop a bibliometric review of literature related to Boccia, aiming to analyse relevant information related to the adapted sport, and determine the existing relationships/networks between the different authors and countries, as well as methodological procedures of publications. This study aimed to develop a bibliometric analysis of the literature related to Boccia considering the paralympic sport status.Methods: The Web of Science database was used, considering the keywords "Boccia" OR "Bocha" AND "Sport", applying the filter "topic" to identify documents containing this term in the title, abstract, or keywords. A total of 89 studies were found and 382 were selected based on the criteria as criteria, published untilprior to November 2024.

Keywords: Paralympic, Ppublication analysis, Adapted sport, Research, trend

Received: 14 Jan 2025; Accepted: 26 May 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Ferreira, Hernández-Beltrán, M. GAMONALES, Espada and Muñoz-Jiménez. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Mário Cunha Espada, Escola Superior de Educação, Instituto Politecnico de Setubal (IPS), Setúbal, 2914 - 504, Portugal

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