Rate My Professor Jeff Taylor

Taylor’s research focuses on the prevention and rehabilitation of lower extremity athletic injuries, particularly anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in adolescent female athletes and the effects of shoe design on athlete biomechanics. He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and adidas International to support these studies. With over 45 peer-reviewed scientific papers, four book chapters, and more than 105 conference abstracts to his credit, key publications include “Biomechanical comparison of single- and double-leg jump landings in the sagittal and frontal plane” (Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2016), “Prevention of lower extremity injuries in basketball: a systematic review and meta-analyses” (Sports Health, 2015), “Risk factors associated with lower extremity stress fractures in runners: A systematic review with meta-analysis” (British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2015), and “Evaluation of the effectiveness of anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention training components: A systematic review and meta-analysis” (British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2015). Taylor has mentored more than 30 undergraduate and graduate students, resulting in student co-authorship on approximately 70% of his conference abstracts and 35% of his peer-reviewed papers. He has presented at major conferences such as the Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, and the World Congress of Biomechanics. Taylor is recognized among the world’s top 2% of most cited scientists in physical therapy.