Graduate education faculty

Director, Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory

Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory

Current research interests and long-term scientific goals of the laboratory revolve around the plasticity and regeneration of skeletal muscle, in efforts to mitigate the devastating functional limitations of limb salvage and traumatic muscle injuries. The laboratory examines the musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems in efforts to understand and develop effective strategies to address the deleterious effects of complex traumatic muscle injuries, namely volumetric muscle loss.

Current Funded Research

Early interventions to address functional limitations and comorbidities to volumetric muscle loss

Neurocentric enhancement of skeletal muscle function for the treatment of volumetric muscle loss

Positions and Academic Appointments

2015 - 2018, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

2015 - 2018, Research Physiologist in Extremity Trauma and Regenerative Medicine, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX

Professional Memberships & Activities

2004 - Present, American College of Sports Medicine

2011 - Present, American Physiological Society

2018 - Present, Biomedical Engineering Society

2018 - Present, Orthopaedic Research Society

Associate Editor, Connective Tissue Research

Teaching

Applied Exercise Physiology (KIN 5122)

Seminar: Exercise Physiology (KIN 8122)

1. Complete list of peer-reviewed articles

2. Greising SM, Warren GL, Southern WM, Nichenko AS, Qualls AE, Corona BT, Call JA. Early rehabilitation for volumetric muscle loss injury augments endogenous regenerative aspects of muscle strength and oxidative capacity. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 19: 173, 2018. Full text link.

3. Corona BT, Flanagan KE, Brininger CM, Goldman SM, Call JA, Greising SM. The impact of the volumetric muscle loss injury on persistent motoneuron axotomy. Muscle and Nerve. 57: 799, 2018.

4. Corona BT, Rivera JC, Greising SM. Inflammatory and physiological ramifications of delayed preparation of a volumetric muscle loss injury would bed for regenerative medicine therapies. Clinical and Translational Science. 11: 208, 2018. Full text link.