Biomimetic hydrogels for in situ bone tissue engineering : nature-inspired crosslinking methods as a tool to tune scaffold physical properties 

    Sánchez Ferrero, Aitor (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)

    The global incidence of bone fractures, and subsequently that of non-healing ones, is expected to rise in the coming decades, mostly due to an increased risk of age-related conditions. Currently, the biomaterials field is ...

    Contribución al análisis del movimiento humano aplicado a la identificación de posturas y bloqueos de la marcha en pacientes con Parkinson 

    Rodríguez Martín, Daniel (Date of defense: 2014-05-21)

    The following dissertation presents the contributions of the author in the field of human movement analysis and, specifically, in Parkinson's disease. Recent technologies have allowed developing reduced inertial sensors ...

    Implicaciones del calcio extracelular y su receptor en mebrana (CaSR) en la angiogénesis y la osteogénesis. Relevancia en ingeniería tisular. 

    González Vázquez, Arlyng Gyveth (Date of defense: 2013-09-26)

    Bone injury is a major health problem nowadays. Bone tissue engineering is a promising strategy to solve it. In this field many reports pointed out the role of scaffolds containing a calcium phosphate glass, such as G5, ...

    Intrinsic osteoinduction and osteogenesis of biomimetic calcium phosphate scaffolds with different nano-, micro- and macroporosities : ectopic and orthotopic implantation in a canine model 

    Barba Serrahima, Albert (Date of defense: 2018-11-28)

    The development of synthetic bone substitutes with enhanced osteogenic properties is urged by the global ageing population. Sintered calcium-phosphate (CaP) ceramics are the most widely used synthetic biomaterials for bone ...

    Optimization and muscle synergy approaches for studying muscle redundancy during walking 

    Serrancolí Masferrer, Gil (Date of defense: 2015-04-08)

    The human body is an over-actuated multibody system, as each joint degree of freedom can be controlled by more than one muscle. Usually, optimization techniques are used to solve the muscle force sharing problem, that is, ...