Christiana Raymond-Pope, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory and graduate of the School of Kinesiology, is the lead author of an article entitled “Anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed female athletes exhibit relative muscle dysfunction after return to sport” that was recently published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine.

This study examined the relationship between upper-leg compartmental lean mass, muscle-specific strength, and explosive strength following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. One of main findings of this study is that there were significant deficits in muscle mass as well as peak force in the anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed leg versus the non-surgical leg. In addition, the study reported that one year following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction the surgical leg still demonstrated significant deficits in upper and compartment-leg muscle mass as well as total peak force.

Don Dengel, PhD, a professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, and Tyler Bosch, PhD, a graduate from the School of Kinesiology and researcher for the Dexalytics project, were also co-authors on this article.