The article entitled “Physiological demands of standing and wheelchair fencing in able-bodied fencers“, by Xavier Iglesias, Ferran A. Rodríguez, Rafael Tarragó, Lindsay Bottoms, Lisímaco Vallejo, Lara Rodríguez–Zamora and Michael Price, has been published in The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. The study derives from data obtained in ten

The article entitled “Blood lactate accumulation during competitive freediving and synchronized swimming” by Lara Rodríguez-Zamora, Harald K. Engan, Angelica Lodin-Sundström, Fanny Schagatay, Xavier Iglesias, Ferran A. Rodríguez and Erika Schagatay, has been published in the the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine: Journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc 45 (1), 55-63, 2018. 

The article entitled “Differences between the sexes in athletes’ body composition and lower limb bioimpedance values”, by Gabriele Mascherini, Jorge Castizo-Olier, Alfredo Irurtia, Cristian Petri and Giorgio Galanti, has been published in the Muscle, Ligaments and Tendons Journal. The study derives from data obtained in elite soccer players of the same

En el marc del 70è aniversari de la Colla dels Castellers de Vilafranca, el proppassat 14 d’abril al Fòrum Ramonet van organitzar-se unes ponències castelleres al voltant de la forma física i la seguretat en els castells. Els tres ponents van ser el Dr. Jordi Porta, el Dr. Alfred Irurtia

The Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona (FNOB) continues to foster scientific research during the Barcelona World Race (BWR) through an initiative provisionally called FNOBLab. Ocean sailing around-the-world regattas, such as the BWR, are unbeatable test platforms for scientific research projects that can impact society, both in the environmental field and in

The Society of Altitude and Hypoxic Training of Japan, to our knowledge the World’s oldest society focused on altitude training, successfully organized the 20th International Symposium on Altitude Training in Tomi City, Nagano. National and international keynotye speakers experts were invited to lecture in the meeting, including: Robert Chapman (Indiana University,

The China Institute of Sport Science (CISS), one of the World’s largest sports science public institutions, successfully organized the “Forum on Science in Swimming: Preparing for the Olympic Games” in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Five international experts were invited to lecture in the meeting: Xiaoping Chen (CISS), Jason Dierking (University