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 Economía 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 - 2025 . Ref.2021 SGR 01110 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Ginés Viscor Carrasco

Journal Publications

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
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, 124(4), pp. 1037 - 1048 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-023-05333-x . ISSN: 1439-6319
Contreras–Briceño, F.; Espinosa–Ramirez, M-; Rivera–Greene, A.; Guerra–Venegas, C.; Lungenstrass–Poulsen, A.; Villagra–Reyes, V.; Caulier Cisterna, R.P.; Araneda, O.F.; Viscor, G. (2023). Monitoring Changes in Oxygen Muscle during Exercise with High–Flow Nasal Cannula Using Wearables NIRS Biosensors. Biosensors-Basel, 13(11) . https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13110985 . ISSN: 2079-6374
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, pp. 1 - 24 . https://doi.org/10.1113/JP285398 . ISSN: 0022-3751
Rotllán, C.; Corbi, F.; Viscor G. (2024). Muscle tone, stiffness, and elasticity in elite female cyclists after consecutive short competitions. Translational Sports Medicine, 2024, pp. 1 - 11 . https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/2434494
Villamil-Parra, W.; Mancera-Soto, E.; Torrella, J.R.; Viscor, G.; Cristancho-Mejía, E. (2024). Cardiopulmonary exercise test in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at high altitude: A case report. PNEUMON, 37(2), pp. 1 - 5 . https://doi.org/10.18332/pne/186261 . ISSN: 1791-4914
Ortiz-Prado, E.; Izquierdo-Condoy, J.; Dávia-Rosero, M.; Vásconez-González, J.; Diaz, A.; Moyano, C.; Arcos-Valle, V.; Viscor, G.; West, J. (2024). Reduced Violence-Related Burden and Mortality at Higher Altitudes: Examining the Association between High AltitudeLiving and Homicide Rates in Ecuador. High Altitude Medicine & Biology . https://doi.org/10.1089/ham.2024.0005 . ISSN: 1527-0297
Ferrer-Ramos, P.; Artés, A.; Javierre, C.; Viscor, G.; García, I. (2024). Intermittent sequential pneumatic compression reduces post-exercise hemodilution and enhances perceptual recovery without improving subsequent cycling performance. Sport Sciences for Health . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-024-01217-5
Alvear-Catalán, M.; Montiglio, C.; Aravena-Nazif, D; Viscor, G.; Araneda O.F. (2024). Oxygen saturation curve analysis in 2,298 hypoxia awareness training tests in hypobaric chamber in military aircrew members. Sensors, 24(13) . https://doi.org/10.3390/s24134168 . ISSN: 1424-8220

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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