Sarah Greising, PhD, assistant professor at the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory, along with the study, PCG-1a overexpression partially rescues impaired oxidative and contractile pathophysiology following volumetric muscle loss injury, is cited in NewsWise article, “Muscles Struggle to Ever Fully Recover After Losing Tissue.” The research analyzes muscle regeneration after a traumatic event like surgery or a gunshot/bomb wound.

The study, funded by the Department of Defense, will “inform physical therapy and treatment for wounded military personnel with muscle-loss injuries,” according to NewsWise. It discovered that damaged muscle can undergo fundamental changes, thereby affecting the long-term rehabilitation process of patients.