Caliari Lab

University of Virginia

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Charlottesville · United States

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NIH R01 · 2025

Aligned and electrically conductive collagen scaffolds for guiding innervated muscle-tendon junction repair of volumetric muscle loss injuries

ABSTRACT Volumetric muscle loss (VML) injuries are debilitating traumas that result in permanent loss of muscle function. Moreover, VML injuries are often compounded by damage to multiple tissues including connective and nervous tissue. Peripheral nervous system damage can result in denervation that limits force generation while the disruption of muscle fibers at the musculotendinous junction (MTJ), where most muscle injuries occur, can further ablate the transfer of muscle-generated force to the skeletal system. Unfortunately, many therapeutic approaches for VML solely focus on skeletal muscle, neglecting neighboring tissues that are essential for function. Despite this clear clinical…

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