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  • Exoesqueletos robóticos para volver a caminar 

    Font Llagunes, Josep Maria; Lobo Prat, Joan; Rodríguez Fernández, Antonio (Fundació Institut Guttmann, 2019-12-01)
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    Aproximadamente el 60% de los pacientes con problemas neuromusculares padecen trastornos de la marcha que, a su vez, tienen un elevado impacto en su calidad de vida.

  • Impact of biomimicry in the design of osteoinductive bone substitutes: nanoscale matters 

    Barba Serrahima, Albert; Díez Escudero, Anna; Español Pons, Montserrat; Bonany Mariñosa, Mar; Sadowska, Joanna Maria; Guillem Martí, Jordi; Ohman, Caroline; Persson, Cecilia; Manzanares, Maria Cristina; Franch, Jordi; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau (2019-01-01)
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    Covenantee:  Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Uppsala universitet / Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Patologia i Terapèutica Experimental / Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya
    Bone apatite consists of carbonated calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite (CDHA) nanocrystals. Biomimetic routes allow fabricating synthetic bone grafts that mimic biological apatite. In this work, we explored the role of two ...

  • Biomechanical evaluation of upper limb exoskeletons in automotive assembly using EMG 

    Claramunt Molet, Mireia; Domingo Mateu, Bernat; Danús Jaume, Joan; Ugartemendia Etxarri, Amaia; de la Maza, Iñigo; Enriquez Carrera, V.; Muñoz Fernández, O.; Domingo, S.; Miralles, Felip; Font Llagunes, Josep Maria; Idelsohn Zielonka, Sebastián (Grupo de Investigación de Biomateriales y Biomecánica, 2019)
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  • Eye vergence responses during an attention task in adults with ADHD and clinical controls 

    Jiménez Pérez, Elizabeth Carolina; Avella García, Claudia; Kustow, Sergey; Cubbin, Sally; Corrales de la Cruz, Montserrat; Richarte Fernández, Vanessa; Esposito, Flavia Lorena; Morata Martínez, Imanol; Perera Lluna, Alexandre; Varela Casal, Paloma (2020-01-20)
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    Objective: ADHD patients show poor oculomotor control and recent studies show that attention-related eye vergence is weak in ADHD children. We aimed to assess vergence as a potential diagnostic biomarker for ADHD in adults. ...

  • T-wave morphology changes as surrogate for blood potassium concentration in hemodialysis patients 

    Palmieri, Flavio; Gomis Román, Pedro; Ferreira, Dina; Bergasa, Beatriz; Martín Yebra, Alba; Ahmed, Syed Hassaan; Pueyo, Esther; Mártinez, Juan Pablo; Ramírez, Julia; Laguna Lasaosa, Pablo (2019)
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    End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) are at high risk of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death as a result of blood potassium con-centration ([K+]) changes.The aim of this study ...

  • Entropy analysis of acoustic signals recorded with a smartphone for detecting apneas and hypopneas: A comparison with a commercial system for home sleep apnea diagnosis 

    Castillo Escario, Yolanda; Ferrer Lluís, Ignasi; Jané Campos, Raimon; Montserrat Canal, Josep Maria (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019-01-01)
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    Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent disease, but most patients remain undiagnosed and untreated. Here we propose analyzing smartphone audio signals for screening OSA patients at home. Our objectives were to: (1) ...

  • Biomecánica del miembro superior durante la marcha asistida por muletas y un exoesqueleto robótico: un estudio preliminar 

    Salvucci, Fernando; Febrer Nafría, Miriam; Font Llagunes, Josep Maria; Centeno, Bernardo (2019)
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    Los objetivos de este trabajo son presentar una metodología para la caracterización biomecánica de losmiembros superiores de sujetos que realizan una marcha asistida con un exoesqueleto y muletas del tipocanadiense, y ...

  • A 36 µW 1.1 mm2 reconfigurable analog front-end for cardiovascular and respiratory signals recording 

    Xu, Jiawei; Konijnenburg, Mario; Ha, Hyunsoo; van Wegberg, Roland; Song, Shuang; Blanco Almazán, María Dolores; Van Hoof, Chris; Van Helleputte, Nick (2018-04-06)
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    This paper presents a 1.2 V 36 µW reconfigurable analog front-end (R-AFE) as a general-purpose low-cost IC for multiple-mode biomedical signals acquisition. The R-AFE efficiently reuses a reconfigurable preamplifier, a ...

  • Analysis of time delay between bioimpedance and respiratory volume signals under inspiratory loaded breathing 

    Blanco Almazán, María Dolores; Groenendaal, Willemijn; Catthoor, Francky; Jané Campos, Raimon (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019-10-07)
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    Bioimpedance is known for its linear relation with volume during normal breathing. For that reason, bioimpedance can be used as a noninvasive and comfortable technique for measuring respiration. The goal of this study is ...

  • Risk stratification in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy patients using cardiovascular coupling analysis 

    Rodríguez Benítez, Javier; Schulz, Steffen; Giraldo Giraldo, Beatriz; Voss, Andreas (2019-07-09)
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    Cardiovascular diseases are one of the most common causes of death; however, the early detection of patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains an issue. The aim of this study was to analyze the cardio-vascular ...

  • Benchmarking network propagation methods for disease gene identification 

    Picart Armada, Sergio; Barrett, Steven J.; Willé, David R.; Perera Lluna, Alexandre; Gutteridge, Alex; Dessailly, Benoit H. (2019-09-01)
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    In-silico identification of potential target genes for disease is an essential aspect of drug target discovery. Recent studies suggest that successful targets can be found through by leveraging genetic, genomic and protein ...

  • Cold plasma-treated ringer’s saline: a weapon to target osteosarcoma 

    Mateu Sanz, Miguel; Tornín, Juan; Brulin, Bénédicte; Khlyustova, Anna; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau; Layrolle, Pierre; Canal Barnils, Cristina (2020-01-17)
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    Covenantee:  Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya / Université de Nantes
    Osteosarcoma (OS) is the main primary bone cancer, presenting poor prognosis and difficult treatment. An innovative therapy may be found in cold plasmas, which show anti-cancer effects related to the generation of reactive ...

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