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

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 e Innovación . PI: Josep Lluis Torres; Sara Ramos Romero
HYPOXSPORT: Hipoxia, deporte y salud . 2021 - 2021 . Ref.11/UPB/21 . Ministeri de Cultura i Esport . PI: Ginés Viscor Carrasco
Grup de Fisiologia Adaptativa: Hipòxia, Exercici i Salut . 2022 - 2026 . Ref.2021 SGR 01110 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Ginés Viscor Carrasco

Journal Publications

Lang, G.; Cazzuffi, C.; Viscor, G.; Soto-Sánchez, J. (2025). A Gender-Integrated Biopsychosocial Model to Understand Cardiovascular Risk in Women Working under Environmental Hazards: The Case of Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia. Frontiers In Public Health, 13 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1672503 . ISSN: 2296-2565
Sánchez-Nuño, S.; Santocildes, G.; Rebull, J.; Bardallo, R.G.; Girabent, M.; Viscor G.; Carbonell, T.; Torrella, J.R. (2024). Effects of intermittent exposure to hypobaric hypoxia and cold on skeletal muscle regeneration: mitochondrial dynamics, protein oxidation and turnover. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 225, pp. 286 - 295 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0891-5849
Rojas-Chambilla, R.A.; Vilca-Coaquira, K.M.; Tejada-Flores, J.; Tintaya-Ramos, H.O.; Quispe-Trujillo, M.M.; Calisaya-Huacasi, A.G.; Quispe-Humpiri, S.A.; Pino-Vanegas, Y.M.; Salazar-Granara, A.A.; Tácuna-Calderón, A.L.; García-Bedoya, N.M.; Yang, M.; Viscor, G.; Hancco-Zirena, I. (2024). Performance in the Six-Minute Walking Test Does Not Discriminate Excessive Erythrocytosis Patients in a Severe Hypoxic Environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(9), pp. 1 - 11 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1661-7827
Alvear-Catalán, M.; Montiglio, C.; Aravena-Nazif, D; Viscor, G.; Araneda O.F. (2024). Oxygen saturation curve analysis in 2298 hypoxia awareness training tests in hypobaric chamber in military aircrew members. Sensors, 24(13), pp. 1 - 11 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1424-8220
Santocildes, G.; Viscor, G.; Pagès, T.; Torrella, J.R. (2024). Simulated altitude is medicine: Intermittent exposure to hypobaric hypoxia and cold accelerates injured skeletal muscle recovery. Journal of Physiology, 602(21), pp. 5855 - 5878 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0022-3751
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 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1791-4914
Rotllan, C.; Hagenaers, J.; Colls, M.; Viscor, G. (2025). The menstrual cycle minimally affects cardiorespiratory function and body balance control in trained women during acute hypobaric hypoxia exposure (4,000m). European Journal of Applied Physiology . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-025-05770-w . ISSN: 1439-6319
Bernedo-Itusaca, M.E.; Vilca-Coaquira, K.M.; Calisaya-Huacasi, A.G.; Cosi-Cupi, M. R.; Leqque-Santi, S. R.; Cutipa-Tinta, S.; Salazar-Granara, A.; Pino Vanegas, Y.M.; Flores-Paredes, A.; Guo, S.; Li, W.; Yang, M.; Viscor, G.; Hancco Zirena, I. (2025). Physical Activity and Pain Perception in Residents Under Conditions of Chronic Hypoxia. Oxygen, 5(3) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2673-9801
Vilca-Coaquira, K.M.; Calisaya-Huacasi, A.G.; Tejada-Flores, J.; Tintaya-Ramos, H.O.; Quispe-Trujillo, M.M.; Quispe-Humpiri, S.A.; Rojas-Chambilla, R.A.; Peña-Vicuña, G.F.; Salazar-Granara, A.A.; Lens-Sardón, L.F.; Flores-Paredes, A.; Yang, M.; Viscor, G.; Hancco-Zirena, I. (2025). Pain Perception Threshold in Young High-Altitude Natives After Acute Exposure to Severe Hypoxic Conditions. Oxygen, 5(1) . https://doi.org/10.3390/oxygen5010001 . ISSN: 2673-9801

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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