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 paper entitled “Dynamics of the metabolic response during a competitive 100-m freestyle in elite male swimmers“, by Philippe Hellard, Robin Pla, Ferran A. Rodríguez, David Simbana and David B. Pyne, has been published in the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (JCR IF: 2.654). The study compared the dynamics of V̇O2,
The paper entitled “Assessment of heart rate variability during an endurance mountain trail race by multi-scale entropy analysis“, authored by Montserrat Vallverdú, Aroa Ruiz-Muñoz, Emma Roca, Pere Caminal, Ferran A. Rodríguez, Alfredo Irurtia and Alexandre Perera has been published in Entropy (JCR IF: 1.821). The study analyzed the heart rate variability
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
The article entitled “Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) for measuring the hydration status in young elite synchronized swimmers”, by Marta Carrasco-Marginet, Jorge Castizo-Olier, Lara Rodríguez-Zamora, Xavier Iglesias, Ferran A. Rodríguez, Diego Chaverri, Daniel Brotons and Alfredo Irurtia, has been published in PLoS One (IF: 2.806, Q1 Sport Science). The study
Researchers from our group, in collaboration with others, have contributed to the 22nd Annual Congress of the ECSS successfully held in Essen, Germany, with the following communications (click over to access abstracts): Oral: Rodríguez F.A., Susín A. (UPC), Calle M.L. (UVic-UCC), Chaverri D., Iglesias, X. Mixed linear modelling of training-performance
