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Medicine
Spain
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
51598
World Ranking
6159
National Ranking
87

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Alejandro Lucia is affiliated with the European University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, complementary and alternative medicine, and neurology.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Sports Injuries and Prevention
  • Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses

Recent publications associated with or relevant to their research interest include:

  • "Exerkines in health, resilience and disease" (2022, Nature Reviews Endocrinology)
  • "Obesity and the risk of cardiometabolic diseases" (2023, Nature Reviews Cardiology)
  • "A Path Toward Precision Medicine for Neuroinflammatory Mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease" (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "Exercise benefits on Alzheimer's disease: State-of-the-science" (2020, Ageing Research Reviews)
  • "Lifestyle interventions for the prevention and treatment of hypertension" (2020, Nature Reviews Cardiology)

They have collaborated extensively with coauthors including Pedro L. Valenzuela, Alejandro Santos-Lozano, Adrián Castillo-García, Carmen Fiuza-Luces, and David Barranco-Gil.

Key publication venues where they frequently publish include:

  • International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
  • Genes
  • International Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Ageing Research Reviews
  • Neuromuscular Disorders

In addition to journal articles, Alejandro Lucia has contributed to book publications, including an eBook titled "Technological Approaches to Human Performance Enhancement" published by RAND Corporation eBooks in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Chronic inflammation in the etiology of disease across the life span

    David Furman;Judith Campisi;Judith Campisi;Eric Verdin;Pedro Carrera-Bastos

  • American College of Sports Medicine roundtable on exercise guidelines for cancer survivors.

    Kathryn H. Schmitz;Kerry S. Courneya;Charles Matthews;Wendy Demark-Wahnefried

  • Epidemiology of coronary heart disease and acute coronary syndrome

    Fabian Sanchis-Gomar;Carme Perez-Quilis;Roman Leischik;Alejandro Lucia

  • Exercise is the Real Polypill

    Carmen Fiuza-Luces;Nuria Garatachea;Nathan A Berger;Alejandro Lucia

  • Effects and moderators of exercise on quality of life and physical function in patients with cancer : An individual patient data meta-analysis of 34 RCTs

    Laurien M. Buffart;Joeri Kalter;Maike G. Sweegers;Kerry S. Courneya

  • Exercise benefits in cardiovascular disease: beyond attenuation of traditional risk factors

    Carmen Fiuza-Luces;Alejandro Santos-Lozano;Michael Joyner;Pedro Carrera-Bastos

  • Effect of warm-up on cycle time trial performance.

    Amanda Hajoglou;Carl Foster;Jos J De Koning;Alejandro Lucia

  • A conceptual framework for performance diagnosis and training prescription from submaximal gas exchange parameters--theory and application.

    T Meyer;A Lucia;Conrad P Earnest;W Kindermann

  • Saliva composition and exercise

    José L. Chicharro;Alejandro Lucía;Margarita Pérez;Almudena F. Vaquero

  • Healthspan and lifespan extension by fecal microbiota transplantation into progeroid mice.

    Clea Bárcena;Rafael Valdés-Mas;Pablo Mayoral;Cecilia Garabaya

  • Heart rate and performance parameters in elite cyclists: a longitudinal study.

    Alejandro Lucía;Jesús Hoyos;Margarita Pérez;José Chicharro

  • Physiology of Professional Road Cycling

    Alejandro Lucía;Alejandro Lucía;Jesús Hoyos;José L. Chicharro

  • Actigraph GT3X: validation and determination of physical activity intensity cut points.

    A. Santos-Lozano;A. Santos-Lozano;F. Santín-Medeiros;G. Cardon;G. Torres-Luque

  • Tour de France versus Vuelta a España: Which Is Harder?

    Alejandro Lucia;Jesus Hoyos;Alfredo Santalla;Conrad Earnest

  • Exercise Attenuates the Major Hallmarks of Aging

    Nuria Garatachea;Helios Pareja-Galeano;Helios Pareja-Galeano;Fabian Sanchis-Gomar;Alejandro Santos-Lozano

  • Effect of Exercise Intervention on Functional Decline in Very Elderly Patients During Acute Hospitalization: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Nicolás Martínez-Velilla;Alvaro Casas-Herrero;Fabricio Zambom-Ferraresi;Fabricio Zambom-Ferraresi;Mikel L. Sáez de Asteasu;Mikel L. Sáez de Asteasu

  • How do endurance runners actually train? Relationship with competition performance.

    Jonathan Esteve-Lanao;Alejandro F. San Juan;Conrad P. Earnest;Carl Foster

  • Impact of training intensity distribution on performance in endurance athletes.

    Jonathan Esteve-Lanao;Carl Foster;Stephen Seiler;Alejandro Lucia

  • Cancer-related fatigue: Can exercise physiology assist oncologists?

    Alejandro Lucía;Conrad Earnest;Margarita Pérez

  • Physiological characteristics of the best Eritrean runners—exceptional running economy

    Alejandro Lucia;Jonathan Esteve-Lanao;Jonathan Esteve-Lanao;Jesús Oliván;Jesús Oliván;Félix Gómez-Gallego;Félix Gómez-Gallego

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonatan R. Ruiz
Jonatan R. Ruiz University of Granada
Carl Foster
Carl Foster University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Antoni L. Andreu
Antoni L. Andreu Autonomous University of Barcelona
Conrad P. Earnest
Conrad P. Earnest Texas A&M University
Mikel Izquierdo
Mikel Izquierdo Universidad Publica De Navarra
Luis M. Ruilope
Luis M. Ruilope European University of Madrid
Kathryn N. North
Kathryn N. North University of Melbourne
Nathan A. Berger
Nathan A. Berger Case Western Reserve University
Francisco Ortega
Francisco Ortega Complutense University of Madrid

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