Ginés Viscor Carrasco

Ginés Viscor Carrasco

Full professor

ORCID: 0000-0003-4942-2346
Scopus Author ID: 7004439165
Researcher ID: A-9519-2008
Knowledge area: Fisiologia

Research group: IP Grup de Fisiologia Adaptativa: Hipòxia, Exercici i Salut

Teaching Innovation Groups: Grup d'Innovació de la Docència de Fisiologia (GrInDoFi)

Contact Information
Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology
Av. Diagonal, 643; Edifici Ramon Margalef 3ª Planta (Oest) - 306
+34 934021529
gviscor(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Exercise Physiology
Altitude Physiology
Models of Integrative Physiology
Learning analytics in physiology
Anatomy

Academic Training

Licenciado en Grado en Biología . Universidad de Barcelona . 15/10/1977 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Licenciado en Biología . Universidad de Barcelona . 15/06/1977 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Doctor (PhD) . Universidad de Barcelona . 03/09/1985 . (Ph.D.)

Research interests

Skeletal muscle microcirculation in relation to physical activity
Hypoxia effects on physical fitness
Adaptive responses elicited by hypobaric hypoxia exposure
Hypoxia tolerance evaluation and relationship with acute mountain sickness
Biomedical applications of intermittent hypobaric hypoxia exposure programs

Projects

RED IBEROAMERICANA DE MEDICINA Y FISIOLOGIA DE ALTURA . 2013 - 2016 . Ref.P212RT0013 . Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (CYTED) . PI: Gines Viscor Carrasco
Efecto sinérgico de frío e hipoxia en la reparación del daño muscular inducido en ratas de laboratorio . 2014 - 2016 . Ref.DEP2013-48334-C2-1-P . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Gines Viscor Carrasco; Joan Ramon Torrella Guio
Microalgas comestibles para el mantenimiento de la homeostasis energética. Aplicación al síndrome metabólico inducido por la dieta, al ejercicio físico y a la hipoxia . 2021 - 2024 . Ref.PID2020-117009RB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Josep Lluis Torres; Sara Ramos Romero
HYPOXSPORT: Hipoxia, deporte y salud . 2021 - 2021 . Ref.11/UPB/21 . Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte . PI: Ginés Viscor Carrasco
Grup de Fisiologia Adaptativa: Hipòxia, Exercici i Salut . 2022 - 2024 . Ref.2021SGR01110 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Ginés Viscor Carrasco

Journal Publications

Gómez-Albareda, E.; García, I.; Viscor G. (2023). Inspiratory muscle training improves maximal inspiratory pressure without increasing performance in elite swimmers. International Journal Of Sports Physiology And Performance, 18(3), pp. 320 - 325 . https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2022-0238 . ISSN: 1555-0265
Gorgori-González, A.; Pérez-Poch, A.; González, D.V.; Salvia, R.; Rico, L.G.; Ward, M.D.; Bradford, J.A.; Petriz, J.; Viscor, G. (2023). Effects of rapid gravity load changes on immunophenotyping and leukocyte function of human peripheral blood after parabolic flight. Acta Astronautica, 210(9), pp. 437 - 445 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.02.012 . ISSN: 0094-5765
Viscor, G.; Corominas, J.; Carceller, A. (2023). Nutrition and hydration for high-altitude alpinism: a narrative review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4), p. e3186 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043186 . ISSN: 1661-7827
Alvear-Catalán, M.; Montiglio, C.; Perales, I.; Viscor, G.; Araneda, O. F. (2023). An Igor Pro 8.1 procedure to analyze pulse oximetry during acute hypoxia test in aircrews. Sensors, 23(4), p. e2327 . https://doi.org/10.3390/s23042327 . ISSN: 1424-8220
Lorenzo, K.; Santocildes, G.; Torrella, J.R.; Magalhães, J.; Pagès, T.; Viscor, G.; Torres, J.L.; Ramos-Romero, S. (2023). Bioactivity of Macronutrients from Chlorella in Physical Exercise. Nutrients, 15(9), p. e2168 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2072-6643
Rotllan, C.; Viscor, G. (2023). Winter sports injuries in elite female athletes: a narrative review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(10) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1661-7827
Araneda, O.F.; Rosales-Antequera, C.; Contreras-Briceño, F.; Tuesta, M.; Rossi-Serrano, R.; Magalhães, J.; Viscor G. (2023). Systemic and Pulmonary Inflammation/Oxidative Damage: Implications of General and Respiratory Muscle Training in Chronic Spinal-Cord-Injured Patients. Biology, 12(6), p. e828 . https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12060828 . ISSN: 2079-7737
Artés, A.; Ferrer-Ramos, P.; Javierre, C.; Viscor, G.; García, I. (2023). Effects of intermittent pneumatic compression on the recovery of cardiovascular parameters after repeated sprint exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology, pp. 1 - 12 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-023-05333-x . ISSN: 1439-6319
Ortiz-Prado, E.; Izquierdo-Condoy, J.S.; Fernández-Naranjo, R.; Vásconez-González, J.; Cano, L.; González, A.C.; Morales-Lapo, E.; Guerrero-Castillo, G.S.; Duque, E.; Davila Rosero, M.G.; Egas, D.; Viscor, G. (2023). Epidemiological characterization of ischemic heart disease at different altitudes: a nationwide population-based analysis from 2011 to 2021 in Ecuador. PLoS One, 18(12) . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295586 . ISSN: 1932-6203
Santocildes, G.; Viscor, G.; Pagès, T.; Torrella, J.R. (2023). Simulated altitude is medicine: Intermittent exposure to hypobaric hypoxia and cold accelerates injured skeletal muscle recovery. Journal of Physiology . https://doi.org/10.1113/JP285398 . ISSN: 0022-3751

Others Publications

Javierre, C.; Corral, L.; Torrella, J.R.; Ricart, A.; Ventura, J.L.; Pagès, T.; Viscor, G. (2014). Exposición intermitente a la hipòxia ¿Una oportunidad terapèutica? . In Vivir y trabajar en altura . (pp. 139 - 146) . Osar Ltda. . ISBN: 978-956-9577-00-0 .
Viscor, G.; Javierre, C.; Pagès, T.; Corral, L.; Torrella, J.R.; Ricart, A.; Ventura, J.L. (2012). Method of combined intermittent hypoxia and surface muscle electrostimulation for enhancing peripheral stem cells in humans . In Intermittent Hypoxia and Human Diseases. Editors Lei Xi and Tatiana V. Serebrovskaya). . (pp. 303 - 308) . Springer Verlag . ISBN: 978-1-4471-2905-9 . Method of combined intermittent hypoxia and surface muscle electrostimulation for enhancing peripheral stem cells in humans (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4471-2906-6_25)
Simone Cordovez, P.; Zalakeviciute, R.; Ortiz-Prado, E.; Viscor, G.; Noboa Lasso, M.L. (2021). CAPÍTULO XLII. COVID-19 y medio ambiente . In La Enfermedad del Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) y el Virus del SARS-CoV-2. Una visión multidisciplinaria de la pandemia, su origen, sus implicaciones médicas, sociales y sanitarias . (pp. 553 - 569) . UDLA Ediciones. Universidad de Las Américas (Quito, Ecuador) . ISBN: 978-9942-779-47-2 . Publicació online (https://www.udlaediciones.com.ec/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/UDLA_NUCLEO_COVID-SARS_220111-ALTA.pdf)
Viscor, G.; Javierre, C. (2020). Contra la fractura de cadera: encender la luz y trabajar la fuerza . In The Conversation España . Asociación The Conversation España . Enlace (https://theconversation.com/contra-la-fractura-de-cadera-encender-la-luz-y-trabajar-la-fuerza-150964)
Viscor, G.; Ortiz-Prado, E. (2021). ¿Contraen menos la covid-19 quienes viven a gran altitud? . In The Conversation España . Asociación The Conversation España . Enlace (https://theconversation.com/contraen-menos-la-covid-19-quienes-viven-a-gran-altitud-156066)

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