José Manuel Vilar Guereño

– Full Professor of Veterinary Surgery at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain).

– Degree in Veterinary Medicine (1994) and PhD, also in Veterinary Medicine (2001) in the Universities of Córdoba and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), respectively.

– Collaborator in 7 public research projects, in Spain, Italy and Cuba.

– 65 published papers indexed in JCR, most of them in Q1 Journals and most of them as main coauthor. Presented more than 90 communications to national and international meetings and 5 books and book chapters written.

– Associated editor of the BMC Veterinary Journal and Animals Journal, Q1.

– Always involved in the objective assessment of lameness in horses and dogs (biomechanics) and, since 2013, in the use of regenerative -reparative medicine, as Mesenchymal stem cells and Platelet-rich Plasma derivatives.

– Since 2018 is member of the ECVMSR, belonging to the credentials and recertification committees.

Levels of Teaching:

* to Undergraduate students, I teach surgical techniques and procedures of rehabilitation and physiotherapy in small and large animals. I am the supervisor (coordinator) of those subjects

* to Postgraduate students, At the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, I teach a module for PhD students (redaction of scientific papers) and I am also the supervisor; in Italy (Bologna) I teached a master module of sports medicine and rehabilitation.

Abstract: Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most significant joint diseases worldwide. There are different therapies for OA treatment, and a relatively new strategy is the use of plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF), a platelet rich plasma (PRP) derivative. The objective of this study was to objectively assess the e_cacy and duration of the e_ect of an intraarticular injection of PRGF and a combination of PRGF + physical therapy. The objective assessment was provided using a force platform. The obtained parameters were peak vertical force (PVF) and vertical impulse (VI). A total of 24 dogs with lameness and pain associated to OA attributable to bilateral hip dysplasia were included in the study. Animals were divided into two study groups and evaluated at baseline and at 30, 90, and 180 days after intraarticular PRGF or PRGF + physical therapy. Significant diffrences were observed at every checkpoint with respect to basal time in both groups. However, after 180 days, the PRGF group showed a decrease in PVF and VI with respect to the values obtained at 90 days.

However, the PRGF + physical therapy group maintained increased values of both PVF and VI values during the 180-day study period