Analysis of the Current Situation of Special Physical Education in China from 2002 to 2022

Accompanied by economic development, special physical education has received more and more attention from special educators for its unique functions. In order to explore the current situation of special physical education research development, this paper uses bibliometric analysis to analyze 84 core literatures on special physical education included in China Knowledge Network (CNKI) from 2002 to 2022. The results show that the volume of research journals on special physical education in China shows a wave-like ebb and flow; the researchers are mainly distributed in teacher training colleges or comprehensive colleges and universities, forming several smaller cooperative groups; publications such as Chinese Journal of Special Education are the main issuing journals in this field; and the hotspots of the research are mainly centered on the hardware construction of special physical education, the faculty, and the curriculum and other related contents. In the future, the research on special physical education should be strengthened in conjunction with medicine, rehabilitation, psychology, education and other related disciplines.