PUBLICATIONS

2026

Marta Marín-Berges, Alejandro Gómez-Bruton, Pablo A. Lizana, Maximiliano Cáceres, Pía Magaña, Isabel Iguacel. Association between musculoskeletal disorders and health-related quality of life in Chilean and Spanish taxi drivers. AIMS Public Health, 2026, 13(1): 63-81. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2026005

2025

González-Torres, C., Lera, L., & Lizana, P. A. (2025). Association between obesity and psychological distress in the Chilean population during the COVID-19 pandemic: Social Wellbeing Survey 2021. PloS one, 20(11), e0333697. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333697 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41183053/

López, R., Cisternas-Vallejos, P., Vilches-Gómez, V., Lera, L., Roa, I., Gómez-Bruton, A., & Lizana, P. A. (2025). Are cognitive level and nutritional status determinants of low muscle mass? A cross-sectional study in institutionalized older adults. Enfermeria clinica, 502362. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfcle.2025.502362

Granada-Granada, F., Valencia-Narbona, M., Lizana, P. A., & González-Rojas, A. (2025). Academic stress and performance in first-year health sciences students in Chile: a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in psychology, 16, 1662109. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1662109

González-Rojas, A., de la Fuente-Mella, H., Parra, S., Cancino-Haas, F., Coiro-Nicolas, C., Godoy-Saavedra, J., Pastén-Torres, M., Verdejo-Zamora, E., Dotte-González, A., Salinas, P., Valencia-Narbona, M., Achiardi, O., Granada-Granada, F., Lizana, P. A., & Bravo, M. A. (2025). Assessing the Impact of Exposure to PM_2.5 Air Pollution on the Academic Performance of Schoolchildren in Chile. Applied Sciences, 15(10), 5474. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15105474 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/10/5474

Marín-Berges, M., Villa-Berges, E., Lizana, P. A., Gómez-Bruton, A., & Iguacel, I. (2025). Depression, anxiety and stress in taxi drivers: a systematic review of the literature. International archives of occupational and environmental health, 98(1), 135–154. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-024-02117-4

Muñoz-Cofré, R., Rojas-Mancilla, E., Lizana, P. A., Escobar-Cabello, M., García-Herrera, C., Conei, D., Valenzuela-Aedo, F., Soto-Rodríguez, F. J., & Del Sol, M. (2025). Relationship Between Plasma Leptin Levels and Airflow Limitation in the Small and Medium Airways in Young Adults. Journal of clinical medicine, 14(5), 1624. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14051624

Lizana P. Reflections on «Advances in Plastination Techniques» by Dr. Nicolás Ottone. Anat Morphol. 2025;1(1):2-3

Muñoz-Cofré, R., Rojas-Mancilla, E., Lizana, P. A., Escobar-Cabello, M., García-Herrera, C., Conei, D., Valenzuela-Aedo, F., Soto-Rodríguez, F. J., & Del Sol, M. (2025). Reliability of Body Fat Percentage Measurements and Their Impact on Airway Resistance: Does Leptin Play a Significant Role?. Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 61(8), 1492. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61081492

2024

Muñoz-Cofré, R., Del Valle, M. F., Marzuca-Nassr, G. N., Valenzuela, J., Del Sol, M., Canales, C. D., Lizana, P. A., Valenzuela-Aedo, F., Lizama-Pérez, R., & Escobar-Cabello, M. (2024). A pulmonary rehabilitation program is an effective strategy to improve forced vital capacity, muscle strength, and functional exercise capacity similarly in adults and older people with post-severe COVID-19 who required mechanical ventilation. BMC geriatrics, 24(1), 313. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-04910-9

Espinoza-Puelles, J. P., Martínez-Flores, R., Peña-Jorquera, H., Lizana, P. A., Brand, C., Mello, J. B., & Cristi-Montero, C. (2024). Evaluando la paradoja “Fat but Fit” en el rendimiento cognitivo y logro académico de los adolescentes: Un análisis de clases latentes–Proyecto Cogni-Acción. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1(aop), 1-12.https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2024-0102

Gutiérrez, L., Araya, K., Becerra, M., Pérez, C., Valenzuela, J., Lera, L., Lizana, P. A., Del Sol, M., & Muñoz-Cofré, R. (2024). Predictive value of invasive mechanical ventilation parameters for mortality in COVID-19 related ARDS: a retrospective cohort study. Scientific reports, 14(1), 13725. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-64725-x

Núñez-Cook, S., & Lizana, P. A. (2024). ¿ Cúbito o Ulna?: Divulgación de la Correcta Terminología a la Comunidad Escolar por Medio del Uso de la Plataforma TikTok. International Journal of Morphology, 42(5), 1222-1232. doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022024000501222

Vega-Fernández, G., Gonzalez-Torres, C., Solis-Soto, M., & Lizana, P. A. (2024). Musculoskeletal disorders and quality of life for Chilean teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic at the academic year-end. Frontiers in public health, 12, 1277578. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1277578

Muñoz-Cofré, R., Del Sol, M., Lizana, P. A., Gómez-Bruton, A., Fuentes Andaur, M. J., Fierro, E. S., Gonzalez, G. O., Medina-González, P., Valenzuela-Aedo, F., & Escobar-Cabello, M. (2024). Comparison of distance covered, physiological cost, and perceived exertion in four six-minute walk test protocols. Frontiers in physiology, 15, 1395855. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1395855

Lizana, P. A., Vilches-Gómez, V., Barra, L., & Lera, L. (2024). Tobacco consumption and quality of life among teachers: a bidirectional problem. Frontiers in public health, 12, 1369208. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1369208

Gonzalez-Torres, C., & Lizana, P. A. (2024). Association between infrastructures and perceptions of neighbors with quality of life in the Chilean population: Results from ENCAVI 2015–2016. Cities, 152, 105128.

Muñoz-Cofre, R., del-Valle-Valdés, M. F., Díaz-Canales, C., Godoy-Abarca, L., Del Sol, M., Lizana, P. A., … & Valenzuela-Vásquez, J. (2024). Composición corporal y capacidad física en pacientes con COVID-19 hospitalizados en una unidad de cuidados intensivos. International Journal of Morphology, 42(2), 479-482. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022024000200479

Del Valle, M. F., Valenzuela, J., Marzuca-Nassr, G. N., Godoy, L., Del Sol, M., Lizana, P. A., Escobar-Cabello, M., & Muñoz-Cofré, R. (2023). Use of the speed achieved on the 6MWT for programming aerobic training in patients recovering from severe COVID-19: an observational study. Annals of medicine, 55(1), 889–897. https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2023.2179658 Pubmed

Lizana, P. A., & Lera, L. (2022). Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Teachers during the Second COVID-19 Wave. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(10), 5968. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105968 Pubmed MDPI

Del Valle, M. F., Valenzuela, J., Marzuca-Nassr, G. N., Cabrera-Inostroza, C., Del Sol, M., Lizana, P. A., Escobar-Cabello, M., & Muñoz-Cofre, R. (2022). Eight Weeks of Supervised Pulmonary Rehabilitation Are Effective in Improving Resting Heart Rate and Heart Rate Recovery in Severe COVID-19 Patient Survivors of Mechanical Ventilation. Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 58(4), 514. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58040514 Pubmed

Vega-Fernández, G., Olave, E., & Lizana, P. A. (2022). Musculoskeletal Disorders and Quality of Life in Chilean Teachers: A Cross-Sectional Study. Frontiers in public health, 10, 810036. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.810036 Pubmed

Portilla, A., Meza, M. F., & Lizana, P. A. (2022). Association between Emotional Exhaustion and Tobacco Consumption in Teachers. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(5), 2606. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052606 Pubmed

Del Valle, M. F., Valenzuela, J., Godoy, L., Del Sol, M., Lizana, P. A., Escobar-Cabello, M., & Muñoz-Cofre, R. (2022). Letter from Chile. Respirology (Carlton, Vic.), 27(2), 173–174. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14196 Pubmed

Pino-Araya, J., Skopnik-Chicago, M., Roa, I., Lizana, P. A. (2022). Analysis of Science and Biology School Textbooks in Primary from the Perspective of International Anatomical Terminology. International Journal of Morphology, 40(6), 1445-1451. https://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022022000601445 IJM

Skopnik-Chicago, M., Poblete-Cordero, K., Zamora, N., Bastías, R., & Lizana, P. A. (2021). Comparison of Haptic and Biometric Properties, Bacterial Load, and Student Perception of Fixative Solutions: Formaldehyde Versus Chilean Conservative Fixative Solution with and without Formaldehyde in Pig Kidneys. Anatomical sciences education, 14(6), 836–846. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2042 Pubmed

Álvarez, R., Del Valle, M. F., Cordero, P., Del Sol, M., Lizana, P. A., Gutiérrez, J., Valenzuela, J., & Muñoz-Cofre, R. (2021). Shoulder Pain in COVID-19 Survivors Following Mechanical Ventilation. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(19), 10434. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910434 Pubmed

Lizana, P. A., & Vega-Fernadez, G. (2021). Teacher Teleworking during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Association between Work Hours, Work-Family Balance and Quality of Life. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(14), 7566. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147566 Pubmed

Vega-Fernández, G., Lera, L., Leyton, B., Cortés, P., & Lizana, P. A. (2021). Musculoskeletal Disorders Associated With Quality of Life and Body Composition in Urban and Rural Public School Teachers. Frontiers in public health, 9, 607318. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.607318 Pubmed

Lizana, P. A., Vega-Fernadez, G., Gomez-Bruton, A., Leyton, B., & Lera, L. (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Teacher Quality of Life: A Longitudinal Study from before and during the Health Crisis. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(7), 3764. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073764 Pubmed

Muñoz-Cofré, R., Lizana, P. A., Cabello, M. E., García-Herrera, C., & Del Sol, M. (2021). Association between air flow limitation and body composition in young adults. Journal of physiological anthropology, 40(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-021-00252-2 Pubmed

Farfán, E., Cárdenas, J., Espinoza-Navarro, O., Lizana, P. A., Pacheco, J., Salinas, P., Riveros, A., & Villarroel, M. (2021). Profile of Morphology Teachers in Chilean Universities. International Journal of Morphology, 39(6), 1615-1624. https://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022021000601615 SciELO

Gonzalez, A. A., Lizana, P. A., Pino, S., Miller, B. G., & Merino, C. (2020). Augmented reality-based learning for the comprehension of cardiac physiology in undergraduate biomedical students. Advances in physiology education, 44(3), 314–322. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00137.2019 Pubmed

Lizana, P. A., & Hormazabal-Peralta, A. (2020). External skeletal robustness and adiposity in adolescents of low socioeconomic status: A cross-sectional analysis of body composition. American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 32(3), e23346. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23346 Pubmed

Lizana, P. A., Vega-Fernandez, G., & Lera, L. (2020). Association Between Chronic Health Conditions and Quality of Life in Rural Teachers. Frontiers in psychology, 10, 2898. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02898 Pubmed

Lizana, P. A., Aballay, J., Vicente-Rodríguez, G., & Gómez-Bruton, A. (2020). Low interest in physical activity and higher rates of obesity among rural teachers. Work (Reading, Mass.), 67(4), 1015–1022. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-203351 Pubmed

Muñoz-Cofré, R., Abarca-Ortega, A., Lizana, P. A., Quiñones-Rodríguez, Jorge, García-Herrera, Claudio, & del Sol, Mariano. (2020). Lung Function Evaluation Through Computerized Tomography and 3D Reconstruction of Airways: A Body Mass Index Pilot Study. International Journal of Morphology, 38(5), 1223-1228. https://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022020000501223 SciELO

Muñoz Cofré, R., Del Sol, M., Medina González, P., Escobar Inostroza, J., Lizana, P. A., Conei, D., & Escobar Cabello, M. (2019). Relation among body mass index, waist-hip ratio, and pulmonary functional residual capacity in normal weight versus obese Chilean children: A cross-sectional study. Relación de los índices de masa corporal y cintura-cadera con la capacidad residual funcional pulmonar en niños chilenos obesos versus normopeso: un estudio transversal. Archivos argentinos de pediatria, 117(4), 230–236. https://doi.org/10.5546/aap.2019.eng.230 Pubmed

Yuing, T., Lizana, P. A., & Berral, F. J. (2019). Hemoglobina glicada y ejercicio: una revisión sistemática [Effects of physical training in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review]. Revista medica de Chile, 147(4), 480–489. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872019000400480 Pubmed SciELO

Lizana, P. A., Simpson, M. C., Farias, P., & Berral, F. J. (2018). Somatotypes of schoolchildren from Chile: higher endomorphic components among adolescent girls. Nutricion hospitalaria, 35(5), 1033–1041. https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.1749 Pubmed

Villarroel, M. A., & Lizana, P. A. (2018). Descriptive characteristics of the area of origin of the deltoid muscle on the human clavicle. Is it necessary to include new terms in the Terminologia Anatomica?. Homo : internationale Zeitschrift fur die vergleichende Forschung am Menschen, 69(4), 198–202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2018.07.003 Pubmed

Hormazábal-Peralta, A., Espinoza, J., Cáceres, P., & Lizana, P. A. (2018). Adolescents with high intellectual ability: differences in body composition and physical activity by sex. Adolescentes con alta capacidad intelectual: diferencias en su composición corporal y actividad física por sexo. Nutricion hospitalaria, 35(1), 38–43. https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.1170 Pubmed

Lizana, P. A., González, S., Lera, L., & Leyton, B. (2018). ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BODY COMPOSITION, SOMATOTYPE AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IN CHILEAN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AT DIFFERENT SCHOOL LEVELS. Journal of biosocial science, 50(1), 53–69. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932017000025 Pubmed

Lizana, P. A., Paula, C. V., Araya, L., Aguilera, F., & Mora, M. (2016). Obesity, Body Fat Distribution, and Physical Activity in School-age Children: an Urban and Rural Comparison in Valparaíso, Chile. Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES, 29(11), 834–839. https://doi.org/10.3967/bes2016.112 PDF

Muñoz, P., Estay, C., Díaz, P., Elgueta, C., Ardiles, Á. O., & Lizana, P. A. (2016). Inhibition of DNA Methylation Impairs Synaptic Plasticity during an Early Time Window in Rats. Neural plasticity, 2016, 4783836. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/4783836 Pubmed

Lizana, P. A., Merino, C., Bassaber, A., Henríquez, R., Vega-Fernández, G, & Binvignat, O. (2015). Learning Human Anatomy Using Three-Dimensional Models Made from Real-Scale Bone Pieces: Experience with the Knee Joint among Pre-Service Biology Teachers. International Journal of Morphology, 33(4), 1299-1306. https://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022015000400018 SciELO

Lizana, P. A., Olivares, R., & Berral, F. J. (2014). Somatotype tendency in Chilean adolescents from Valparaíso: review from 1979 to 2011. Nutricion hospitalaria, 31(3), 1034–1043. https://doi.org/10.3305/nh.2015.31.3.8425 Pubmed

Lizana, P. A., Simpson, C., Yáñez, L., & Saavedra, K. (2014). Body image and weight status of children from rural areas of Valparaíso, Chile. Nutricion hospitalaria, 31(2), 698–703. https://doi.org/10.3305/nh.2015.31.2.7794 Pubmed

Ivanovic, D. M., Ibaceta, C. V., Correa, P. B., Orellana, Y. Z., Calderón, P. M., Morales, G. I., Leyton, B. D., Almagià, A. F., Lizana, P. A., & Burrows, R. A. (2014). Brain development and scholastic achievement in the Education Quality Measurement System tests in Chilean school-aged children. Pediatric research, 75(3), 464–470. https://doi.org/10.1038/pr.2013.232 Pubmed

Tapia, L. U., Lizana, P. A., Orellana, Y. Z., Villagrán, F. S., Arias, V. F., Almagià, A. F., Burrows, R. A., & Ivanovic, D. M. (2013). Somatotype and intellectual ability (Raven Progressive Matrices Test) in Chilean school-age children. Nutricion hospitalaria, 28(5), 1552–1557. https://doi.org/10.3305/nh.2013.28.5.6735 Pubmed

Lizana, P. A., Almagià, A., Simpson Lelievre, M., Binvignat, O., Ivanovic M. D., & Berral de la Rosa, F. (2011). Aproximación a la Tendencia Secular del Estado Nutricional y Composición Corporal en Escolares de Enseñanza Secundaria, V Región, Chile: 1985-2010. International Journal of Morphology, 29(2), 473-478. https://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022011000200028 SciELO