A bibliometric analysis of adaptive physical education.

Research on Adaptive Physical Education (APE) has been carried out in many countries, but most has been performed in the United States. The topics studied in APE are very diverse and are aimed at various subjects, such as students, athletes, and others. Although many studies have been carried out, no literature review on APE has been published. It is necessary to map to provide an overview of APE research for future researchers. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze research on the topic of APE. Through this bibliometric analysis, we aimed to map Adaptive Physical Education (APE) research. Visualization of the obtained data was analyzed using the VOS Viewer program. Based on the keyword document analysis collected from the Scopus database with the keywords "physical education adaptive" OR "sport adaptive" OR "adaptive physical education," 107 documents were obtained. Then, the limitations were carried out with document type article and conference paper, source type "journal" & "conference proceeding," and language "English"; then, there were 34 documents. APE publications have increased periodically, starting from 2019 to 2021. The Journal of Physical Education and Sport is a Q2 journal that publishes many articles on APE. The United States is a productive country that has published considerably in the field of APE. Grygus is a productive researcher who has published considerably on the topic. Based on network analysis, five clusters were obtained on APE. Through overlay visualization, APE has been often connected with special education topics, adaptive sports, exercise, and clinical articles in the last two years. The findings showed that research on APE is still limited and is predicted to grow in the coming year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]