Dean Curtis Taylor | Scholars@Duke

Dean Curtis Taylor
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Dean Taylor is a Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon whose practice and research interests include shoulder instability, shoulder arthroscopy, knee ligament injuries, meniscus injuries, knee cartilage injuries, and ACL injuries in adults and children. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and completed his medical training and residency at Duke University. Dr. Taylor went on to be a part of the John Feagin West Point Sports Medicine Fellowship, retired from the United States Army at the rank of Colonel, and returned to Duke in 2006.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Orthopaedics 2007

Contact Information

3475 Erwin Road, Dssi At Center For Living Campus, Durham, NC 27705
Box 3615 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
dean.taylor@duke.edu (919) 668-1894
https://www.dukemedicine.org/find-doctors-physicians/#!/dean-c-taylor-md

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.D., Duke University 1985
Duke Appointment History
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Surgery, Orthopaedics, Orthopaedics 2006 - 2007
Research
Selected Grants
- In Vivo Knee Motion and ACL Biomechanics During Dynamic Activities awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2019
- Transphyseal Vs. Physeal Sparing ACL Reconstruction awarded by Smith & Nephew, Inc 2017 - 2018
- Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement awarded by Smith & Nephew, Inc 2018
- Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement awarded by Stryker Corporation 2018
- Fresh Tissue Agreement awarded by Crosslink Orthopaedics 2018
- Fresh Tissue Agreement awarded by Stryker Corporation 2017
- Fresh Tissue Agreement awarded by Vericel Corporation 2017
- Fresh Tissue Agreement awarded by Arthrosurface, Inc. 2017
- Breg Feagin Program 2016 awarded by Breg Inc 2016 - 2017
- Fresh Tissue Agreement awarded by Smith & Nephew, Inc 2017
- In Vivo Cartilage Mechanics and Degeneration After ACL Deficiency awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2017
- Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement awarded by Crosslink Orthopaedics 2016 - 2017
- Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement awarded by Tornier, Inc. 2017
- DJO Feagin Program 2016 awarded by DJO Incorporated 2016 - 2017
- Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement awarded by Smith & Nephew, Inc 2016
- Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement awarded by Vericel Corporation 2016
- Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement awarded by Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc. 2016
- Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement awarded by Zimmer, Inc. 2016
- Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement awarded by Active Implants 2014
- Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement awarded by Histogenics Corporation 2014
- Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement awarded by Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc. 2013
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Book Sections
  - Boyle, MJ, and Taylor, DC. "What is new in knee surgery?." In Knee Ligament Injuries: Extraarticular Surgical Techniques, 1-5. January 1, 2014. Full Text
  - Siparsky, PN, and Taylor, DC. "Acute traumatic anterior shoulder instability." In Shoulder Arthroscopy: Principles and Practice, 173-180. January 1, 2014. Full Text
  - Siparsky, PN, and Taylor, DC. "Acute traumatic anterior shoulder instability: Surgical management for the first-time dislocator." In Surgery of Shoulder Instability, 1-22. April 1, 2013. Full Text
  - Hecht, PJ, Cummins, JS, Easley, ME, and Taylor, DC. "Modified brostrom and brostrom-evans procedures." In Operative Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery, 821-833. March 28, 2012.
- Conference Papers
  - Kraus, VB, Birmingham, J, Stabler, T, Feng, S, Taylor, DC, Moorman, CT, Garrett, WE, and Toth, A. "INTRAARTICULAR IL1-RA AFTER ACUTE KNEE INJURY DECREASES BIOMARKERS OF INFLAMMATION AND IMPROVES PAIN AND FUNCTION." October 2010. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Zhang, H, Heckelman, LN, Spritzer, CE, Owusu-Akyaw, KA, Martin, JT, Taylor, DC, Moorman, CT, Garrigues, GE, and DeFrate, LE. "In Vivo Assessment of Exercise-Induced Glenohumeral Cartilage Strain." Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 6, no. 7 (July 13, 2018): 2325967118784518-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Bailey, JR, Kim, C, Alentorn-Geli, E, Kirkendall, DT, Ledbetter, L, Taylor, DC, Toth, AP, and Garrigues, GE. "Rotator Cuff Matrix Augmentation and Interposition: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis." The American journal of sports medicine (June 2018): 363546518774762-. Full Text
  - Taylor, DC, Matson, AP, Gibson, SD, Glover, S, Bartis, J, Ruch, DS, and Richardson, WJ. "Ulnar Nerve Transection in an Orthopaedic Surgeon Sustained During Surgery: A Case Report and Commentary." The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume 100, no. 1 (January 2018): e2-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Anderson, KL, Cobb, MI-PH, Gunasingha, RM, Waldron, NH, Atia, A, Bailey, JR, Doty, JP, Boswick-Caffrey, JH, and Taylor, DC. "Improving medical leadership education through the Feagin leadership program." International Journal of Medical Education 8 (August 16, 2017): 290-291. Full Text
  - Alentorn-Geli, E, Stuart, JJ, James Choi, JH, Toth, AP, Moorman, CT, and Taylor, DC. "Posterolateral portal tibial tunnel drilling for posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: technique and evaluation of safety and tunnel position." Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA 25, no. 8 (August 2017): 2474-2480. Full Text
  - Stewart, JK, Taylor, DC, and Vinson, EN. "Magnetic resonance imaging and clinical features of glenoid labral flap tears." Skeletal radiology 46, no. 8 (August 2017): 1095-1100. Full Text
  - Dekker, TJ, Godin, JA, Dale, KM, Garrett, WE, Taylor, DC, and Riboh, JC. "Return to Sport After Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Its Effect on Subsequent Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury." The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 99, no. 11 (June 2017): 897-904. Full Text
  - Liu, B, Goode, AP, Carter, TE, Utturkar, GM, Huebner, JL, Taylor, DC, Moorman, CT, Garrett, WE, Kraus, VB, Guilak, F, DeFrate, LE, and McNulty, AL. "Matrix metalloproteinase activity and prostaglandin E2 are elevated in the synovial fluid of meniscus tear patients." Connective Tissue Research 58, no. 3-4 (May 2017): 305-316. Full Text
  - Streufert, B, Reed, SD, Orlando, LA, Taylor, DC, Huber, JC, and Mather, RC. "Understanding Preferences for Treatment After Hypothetical First-Time Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Surveying an Online Panel Utilizing a Novel Shared Decision-Making Tool." Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine 5, no. 3 (March 20, 2017): 2325967117695788-. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Siparsky, PN, Bailey, JR, Dale, KM, Klement, MR, and Taylor, DC. "Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Isolated Chondral Fragments Without Osseous Attachment in the Knee: A Case Series." Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine 5, no. 3 (March 17, 2017): 2325967117696281-. Full Text
  - Anderson, DE, Williams, RJ, DeBerardino, TM, Taylor, DC, Ma, CB, Kane, MS, and Crawford, DC. "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characterization and Clinical Outcomes After NeoCart Surgical Therapy as a Primary Reparative Treatment for Knee Cartilage Injuries." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 45, no. 4 (March 2017): 875-883. Full Text
  - Hargett, CW, Doty, JP, Hauck, JN, Webb, AM, Cook, SH, Tsipis, NE, Neumann, JA, Andolsek, KM, and Taylor, DC. "Developing a model for effective leadership in healthcare: a concept mapping approach." Journal of healthcare leadership 9 (January 2017): 69-78. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Alentorn-Geli, E, Choi, JHJ, Stuart, JJ, Toth, AP, Garrett, WE, Taylor, DC, and Moorman, CT. "Inside-Out or Outside-In Suturing Should Not Be Considered the Standard Repair Method for Radial Tears of the Midbody of the Lateral Meniscus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Biomechanical Studies." The journal of knee surgery 29, no. 7 (October 2016): 604-612. (Review) Full Text
  - Kim, C, Chasse, PM, and Taylor, DC. "Return to Play After Medial Collateral Ligament Injury." Clinics in Sports Medicine 35, no. 4 (October 2016): 679-696. (Review) Full Text
  - Murphy, KR, McManigle, JE, Wildman-Tobriner, BM, Little Jones, A, Dekker, TJ, Little, BA, Doty, JP, and Taylor, DC. "Design, implementation, and demographic differences of HEAL: a self-report health care leadership instrument." Journal of healthcare leadership 8 (January 2016): 51-59. Full Text
  - Frank, RM, Taylor, D, Verma, NN, Romeo, AA, Mologne, TS, and Provencher, MT. "The Rotator Interval of the Shoulder." Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 3, no. 12 (December 16, 2015): 232596711562149-232596711562149. Full Text
  - Lazarides, AL, Alentorn-Geli, E, Choi, JHJ, Stuart, JJ, Lo, IKY, Garrigues, GE, and Taylor, DC. "Rotator cuff tears in young patients: a different disease than rotator cuff tears in elderly patients." Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 24, no. 11 (November 2015): 1834-1843. (Review) Full Text
  - Alentorn-Geli, E, Stuart, JJ, Choi, JHJ, Toth, AP, Moorman, CT, and Taylor, DC. "Inside-Out Antegrade Tibial Tunnel Drilling Through the Posterolateral Portal Using a Flexible Reamer in Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction." Arthroscopy Techniques 4, no. 5 (October 5, 2015): e537-e544. Full Text
  - Lazarides, AL, Eward, WC, Green, K, Cardona, DM, Brigman, BE, and Taylor, DC. "Histological Evaluation of Tendon-Bone Healing of an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Hamstring Graft in a 14-Year-Old Boy." The American journal of sports medicine 43, no. 8 (August 2015): 1935-1940. Full Text
  - Mayer, SW, Queen, RM, Taylor, D, Moorman, CT, Toth, AP, Garrett, WE, and Butler, RJ. "Functional Testing Differences in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Patients Released Versus Not Released to Return to Sport." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 43, no. 7 (July 2015): 1648-1655. Full Text
  - Carter, TE, Taylor, KA, Spritzer, CE, Utturkar, GM, Taylor, DC, III, MCT, Garrett, WE, Guilak, F, McNulty, AL, and DeFrate, LE. "In vivo cartilage strain increases following medial meniscal tear and correlates with synovial fluid matrix metalloproteinase activity." JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS 48, no. 8 (June 1, 2015): 1461-1468. Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Carter, TE, Taylor, KA, Spritzer, CE, Utturkar, GM, Taylor, DC, Moorman, CT, Garrett, WE, Guilak, F, McNulty, AL, and DeFrate, LE. "In vivo cartilage strain increases following medial meniscal tear and correlates with synovial fluid matrix metalloproteinase activity." Journal of biomechanics 48, no. 8 (June 2015): 1461-1468. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Roth, J, and Taylor, DC. "Management of acute isolated medial and posteromedial instability of the knee." Sports medicine and arthroscopy review 23, no. 2 (June 2015): 71-76. (Review) Full Text
  - Herschmiller, TA, Anderson, JA, Garrett, WE, and Taylor, DC. "The Trapped Medial Meniscus Tear: An Examination Maneuver Helps Predict Arthroscopic Findings." Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 3, no. 5 (May 7, 2015): 2325967115583954-. Full Text
  - Magnussen, RA, Kaeding, CC, and Taylor, DC. "Solutions to small hamstring autograft harvest: A survey of the ACL study group." Current Orthopaedic Practice 26, no. 1 (March 19, 2015): 43-44. (Review) Full Text
  - Owens, BD, Cameron, KL, Peck, KY, DeBerardino, TM, Nelson, BJ, Taylor, DC, Tenuta, J, and Svoboda, SJ. "Arthroscopic Versus Open Stabilization for Anterior Shoulder Subluxations." Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 3, no. 1 (January 23, 2015): 2325967115571084-null. Full Text
  - Lazarides, AL, Alentorn-Geli, E, Choi, JHJ, Stuart, JJ, Lo, IKY, Garrigues, GE, and Taylor, DC. "Rotator cuff tears in young patients: A different disease than rotator cuff tears in elderly patients." Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery 24, no. 11 (2015): 1834-1843. Full Text
  - Samitier, G, Alentorn-Geli, E, Taylor, DC, Rill, B, Lock, T, Moutzouros, V, and Kolowich, P. "Meniscal allograft transplantation. Part 2: systematic review of transplant timing, outcomes, return to competition, associated procedures, and prevention of osteoarthritis." Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA 23, no. 1 (January 2015): 323-333. (Review) Full Text
  - Samitier, G, Alentorn-Geli, E, Taylor, DC, Rill, B, Lock, T, Moutzouros, V, and Kolowich, P. "Meniscal allograft transplantation. Part 1: systematic review of graft biology, graft shrinkage, graft extrusion, graft sizing, and graft fixation." Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA 23, no. 1 (January 2015): 310-322. (Review) Full Text
  - Webb, AMB, Tsipis, NE, McClellan, TR, McNeil, MJ, Xu, M, Doty, JP, and Taylor, DC. "A first step toward understanding best practices in leadership training in undergraduate medical education: a systematic review." Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 89, no. 11 (November 2014): 1563-1570. (Review) Full Text
  - Butler, R, Arms, J, Reiman, M, Plisky, P, Kiesel, K, Taylor, D, and Queen, R. "Sex differences in dynamic closed kinetic chain upper quarter function in collegiate swimmers." Journal of athletic training 49, no. 4 (July 11, 2014): 442-446. Full Text
  - Okafor, EC, Utturkar, GM, Widmyer, MR, Abebe, ES, Collins, AT, Taylor, DC, Spritzer, CE, Moorman, CT, Garrett, WE, and DeFrate, LE. "The effects of femoral graft placement on cartilage thickness after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction." Journal of Biomechanics 47, no. 1 (January 3, 2014): 96-101. Full Text
  - Okafor, EC, Utturkar, GM, Widmyer, MR, Abebe, ES, Collins, AT, Taylor, DC, Spritzer, CE, Moorman, CT, Garrett, WE, and DeFrate, LE. "The effects of femoral graft placement on cartilage thickness after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction." J Biomech 47, no. 1 (January 3, 2014): 96-101. Full Text Link to Item
  - Samitier, G, Alentorn-Geli, E, Taylor, DC, Rill, B, Lock, T, Moutzouros, V, and Kolowich, P. "Meniscal allograft transplantation. Part 2: systematic review of transplant timing, outcomes, return to competition, associated procedures, and prevention of osteoarthritis." Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 23, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 323-333. Full Text
  - Samitier, G, Alentorn-Geli, E, Taylor, DC, Rill, B, Lock, T, Moutzouros, V, and Kolowich, P. "Meniscal allograft transplantation. Part 1: systematic review of graft biology, graft shrinkage, graft extrusion, graft sizing, and graft fixation." Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 23, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 310-322. (Review) Full Text
  - Federer, AE, Taylor, DC, and Mather, RC. "Using evidence-based algorithms to improve clinical decision making: the case of a first-time anterior shoulder dislocation." Sports Med Arthrosc Rev 21, no. 3 (September 2013): 155-165. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Utturkar, GM, Irribarra, LA, Taylor, KA, Spritzer, CE, Taylor, DC, Garrett, WE, and Defrate, LE. "The effects of a valgus collapse knee position on in vivo ACL elongation." Ann Biomed Eng 41, no. 1 (January 2013): 123-130. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wilson, WR, Magnussen, RA, Irribarra, LA, and Taylor, DC. "Variability of the capsular anatomy in the rotator interval region of the shoulder." Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery 22, no. 6 (2013): 856-861. Full Text
  - Vinson, EN, Wittstein, J, Garrigues, GE, and Taylor, DC. "MRI of selected abnormalities at the anterior superior aspect of the shoulder: potential pitfalls and subtle diagnoses." AJR Am J Roentgenol 199, no. 3 (September 2012): 534-545. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Engstrom, BI, Vinson, EN, Taylor, DC, Garrett, WE, and Helms, CA. "Hemi-bucket-handle tears of the meniscus: appearance on MRI and potential surgical implications." Skeletal Radiol 41, no. 8 (August 2012): 933-938. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kraus, VB, Birmingham, J, Stabler, TV, Feng, S, Taylor, DC, Moorman, CT, Garrett, WE, and Toth, AP. "Effects of intraarticular IL1-Ra for acute anterior cruciate ligament knee injury: a randomized controlled pilot trial (NCT00332254)." Osteoarthritis Cartilage 20, no. 4 (April 2012): 271-278. Full Text Link to Item
  - Magnussen, RA, Lawrence, JTR, West, RL, Toth, AP, Taylor, DC, and Garrett, WE. "Graft size and patient age are predictors of early revision after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring autograft." Arthroscopy : the Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery : Official Publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association 28, no. 4 (April 2012): 526-531. Full Text
  - Magnussen, RA, Taylor, DC, Toth, AP, and Garrett, WE. "ACL graft failure location differs between allografts and autografts." Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy and Technology 4, no. 1 (2012). Full Text
  - Sennett, B, Taylor, D, and IV, JDK. "Graft choice for a high-level athlete." Orthopedics 35, no. 8 (2012): 700-701. Full Text
  - Wilson, WR, Magnussen, RA, Irribarra, LA, and Taylor, DC. "Variability of the capsular anatomy in the rotator interval region of the shoulder." Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (2012). Full Text
  - Wittstein, J, Lassiter, T, and Taylor, D. "Aberrant origin of the long head of the biceps." Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery 21, no. 11 (2012): e21-. Full Text
  - Wittstein, J, Lassiter, T, and Taylor, D. "Aberrant origin of the long head of the biceps: A case series." Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery 21, no. 3 (2012): 356-360. Full Text
  - Gaskill, TR, Taylor, DC, and Millett, PJ. "Management of multidirectional instability of the shoulder." The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 19, no. 12 (December 2011): 758-767. (Review)
  - Abebe, ES, Kim, J-P, Utturkar, GM, Taylor, DC, Spritzer, CE, Moorman, CT, Garrett, WE, and DeFrate, LE. "The effect of femoral tunnel placement on ACL graft orientation and length during in vivo knee flexion." J Biomech 44, no. 10 (July 7, 2011): 1914-1920. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tibor, LM, Marchant, MH, Taylor, DC, Hardaker, WT, Garrett, WE, and Sekiya, JK. "Management of medial-sided knee injuries, part 2: posteromedial corner." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 39, no. 6 (June 2011): 1332-1340. (Review) Full Text
  - Marchant, MH, Tibor, LM, Sekiya, JK, Hardaker, WT, Garrett, WE, and Taylor, DC. "Management of medial-sided knee injuries, part 1: medial collateral ligament." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 39, no. 5 (May 2011): 1102-1113. (Review) Full Text
  - Magnussen, RA, and Taylor, DC. "Glenoid fracture during manipulation under anesthesia for adhesive capsulitis: a case report." J Shoulder Elbow Surg 20, no. 3 (April 2011): e23-e26. Full Text Link to Item
  - Abebe, ES, Utturkar, GM, Taylor, DC, Spritzer, CE, Kim, JP, Moorman, CT, Garrett, WE, and DeFrate, LE. "The effects of femoral graft placement on in vivo knee kinematics after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction." J Biomech 44, no. 5 (March 15, 2011): 924-929. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mather, RC, Orlando, LA, Henderson, RA, Lawrence, JTR, and Taylor, DC. "A predictive model of shoulder instability after a first-time anterior shoulder dislocation." J Shoulder Elbow Surg 20, no. 2 (March 2011): 259-266. Full Text Link to Item
  - Magnussen, RA, Riboh, JC, Taylor, DC, and Moorman, CT. "How We Manage the Multiple Ligament Injured (Dislocated) Knee." Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine 18, no. 4 (December 2010): 211-218. Full Text
  - Fritsch, BA, Arciero, RA, and Taylor, DC. "Glenoid rim fracture after anchor repair: a report of 4 cases." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 38, no. 8 (August 2010): 1682-1686. Full Text
  - Fritsch, BA, and Taylor, DC. "Posterior shoulder instability." Current Orthopaedic Practice 21, no. 1 (2010): 32-37. Full Text
  - Owens, BD, Nelson, BJ, Duffey, ML, Mountcastle, SB, Taylor, DC, Cameron, KL, Campbell, S, and DeBerardino, TM. "Pathoanatomy of first-time, traumatic, anterior glenohumeral subluxation events." Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A 92, no. 7 (2010): 1605-1611. Full Text
  - Abebe, ES, Moorman, CT, Dziedzic, TS, Spritzer, CE, Cothran, RL, Taylor, DC, Garrett, WE, and DeFrate, LE. "Femoral tunnel placement during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: an in vivo imaging analysis comparing transtibial and 2-incision tibial tunnel-independent techniques." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 37, no. 10 (October 2009): 1904-1911. Full Text
  - Taylor, DC, DeBerardino, TM, Nelson, BJ, Duffey, M, Tenuta, J, Stoneman, PD, Sturdivant, RX, and Mountcastle, S. "Patellar tendon versus hamstring tendon autografts for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a randomized controlled trial using similar femoral and tibial fixation methods." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 37, no. 10 (October 2009): 1946-1957. Full Text
  - Owens, BD, DeBerardino, TM, Nelson, BJ, Thurman, J, Cameron, KL, Taylor, DC, Uhorchak, JM, and Arciero, RA. "Long-term follow-up of acute arthroscopic Bankart repair for initial anterior shoulder dislocations in young athletes." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 37, no. 4 (April 2009): 669-673. Full Text
  - Taylor, DC, and Krasinski, KL. "Adolescent shoulder injuries: consensus and controversies." J Bone Joint Surg Am 91, no. 2 (February 2009): 462-473. (Review) Link to Item
  - Taylor, DC, and Krasinski, KL. "Adolescent Shoulder Injuries: Consensus and Controversies." JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME 91A, no. 2 (February 2009): 462-473. Link to Item
  - Taylor, DC, Posner, M, Curl, WW, and Feagin, JA. "Isolated tears of the anterior cruciate ligament: over 30-year follow-up of patients treated with arthrotomy and primary repair." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 37, no. 1 (January 2009): 65-71. Full Text
  - Taylor, DC, and Krasinski, KL. "Adolescent shoulder injuries: consensus and controversies." Instr Course Lect 58 (2009): 281-292. (Review) Link to Item
  - Owens, BD, Nelson, BJ, and Taylor, DC. "Acute brachial plexus compression after pectoralis major transfer for subscapularis insufficiency." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 36, no. 1 (January 2008): 173-175. Full Text
  - Taylor, DC. "Re: patellar tendon or semitendinosus tendon autografts for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective, randomized study with a 7-Year follow-up." The American journal of sports medicine 36, no. 10 (2008): e1-. Full Text
  - Bui-Mansfield, LT, Banks, KP, and Taylor, DC. "Humeral avulsion of the glenohumeral ligaments: the HAGL lesion." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 35, no. 11 (November 2007): 1960-1966. (Review) Full Text
  - Taylor, DC, Tenuta, JJ, Uhorchak, JM, and Arciero, RA. "Aggressive surgical treatment and early return to sports in athletes with grade III syndesmosis sprains." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 35, no. 11 (November 2007): 1833-1838. Full Text
  - Mountcastle, SB, Posner, M, Kragh, JF, and Taylor, DC. "Gender differences in anterior cruciate ligament injury vary with activity: epidemiology of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in a young, athletic population." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 35, no. 10 (October 2007): 1635-1642. Full Text
  - Owens, BD, Duffey, ML, Nelson, BJ, DeBerardino, TM, Taylor, DC, and Mountcastle, SB. "The incidence and characteristics of shoulder instability at the United States Military Academy." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 35, no. 7 (July 2007): 1168-1173. Full Text
  - Jr, GWE, Moorman, CT, Taylor, DC, and Urbaniak, JR. "In memorium: Frank H. Bassett III, MD (1928-2007)." AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE 35, no. 6 (June 2007): 1017-1018. Full Text Link to Item
  - Owens, BD, Mountcastle, SB, Dunn, WR, DeBerardino, TM, and Taylor, DC. "Incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury among active duty U.S. military servicemen and servicewomen." Military Medicine 172, no. 1 (2007): 90-91.
  - Taylor, DC, and Nelson, BJ. "Anterior shoulder stabilization in collision athletes: arthroscopic versus open Bankart repair." The American journal of sports medicine 35, no. 1 (2007): 148-.
  - Taylor, DC, and Nelson, BJ. "Letters to the editor [5]." American Journal of Sports Medicine 35, no. 1 (2007): 148--. Full Text
  - Svoboda, SJ, and Taylor, DC. "Muscle Injuries." (December 1, 2006): 117-128. (Chapter) Full Text
  - Griffin, LY, Albohm, MJ, Arendt, EA, Bahr, R, Beynnon, BD, Demaio, M, Dick, RW, Engebretsen, L, Garrett, WE, Hannafin, JA, Hewett, TE, Huston, LJ, Ireland, ML, Johnson, RJ, Lephart, S, Mandelbaum, BR, Mann, BJ, Marks, PH, Marshall, SW, Myklebust, G, Noyes, FR, Powers, C, Shields, C, Shultz, SJ, Silvers, H, Slauterbeck, J, Taylor, DC, Teitz, CC, Wojtys, EM, and Yu, B. "Understanding and preventing noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries: a review of the Hunt Valley II meeting, January 2005." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 34, no. 9 (September 2006): 1512-1532. Full Text
  - McMillian, DJ, Moore, JH, Hatler, BS, and Taylor, DC. "Dynamic vs. static-stretching warm up: the effect on power and agility performance." J Strength Cond Res 20, no. 3 (August 2006): 492-499. Full Text Link to Item
  - Levy, JC, Mizel, MS, Wilson, LS, Fox, W, McHale, K, Taylor, DC, and Temple, HT. "Incidence of foot and ankle injuries in west point cadets with pes planus compared to the general cadet population." Foot and Ankle International 27, no. 12 (2006): 1060-1064.
  - Bottoni, CR, Franks, BR, Moore, JH, DeBerardino, TM, Taylor, DC, and Arciero, RA. "Operative stabilization of posterior shoulder instability." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 33, no. 7 (July 2005): 996-1002. Full Text
  - O'Connor, FG, Johnson, JD, Chapin, M, Oriscello, RG, and Taylor, DC. "A pilot study of clinical agreement in cardiovascular preparticipation examinations: how good is the standard of care?." Clin J Sport Med 15, no. 3 (May 2005): 177-179. Link to Item
  - Bojescul, JA, Wilson, G, and Taylor, DC. "Idiopathic chondrolysis of the ankle." Arthroscopy 21, no. 2 (February 2005): 224-227. Full Text Link to Item
  - Moore, JH, Goss, DL, Baxter, RE, DeBerardino, TM, Mansfield, LT, Fellows, DW, and Taylor, DC. "Clinical diagnostic accuracy and magnetic resonance imaging of patients referred by physical therapists, orthopaedic surgeons, and nonorthopaedic providers." J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 35, no. 2 (February 2005): 67-71. Full Text Link to Item
  - McDevitt, ER, Taylor, DC, Miller, MD, Gerber, JP, Ziemke, G, Hinkin, D, Uhorchak, JM, Arciero, RA, and Pierre, PS. "Functional bracing after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective, randomized, multicenter study." Am J Sports Med 32, no. 8 (December 2004): 1887-1892. Link to Item
  - Ly, JQ, Bui-Mansfield, LT, and Taylor, DC. "Radiologic demonstration of temporal development of bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation." Clin Imaging 28, no. 3 (May 2004): 216-218. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ly, JQ, Bui-Mansfield, LT, Kline, MJ, DeBerardino, TM, and Taylor, DC. "Bare area of the glenoid: magnetic resonance appearance with arthroscopic correlation." J Comput Assist Tomogr 28, no. 2 (March 2004): 229-232. Link to Item
  - Uhorchak, JM, Scoville, CR, Williams, GN, Arciero, RA, St Pierre, P, and Taylor, DC. "Risk factors associated with noncontact injury of the anterior cruciate ligament: a prospective four-year evaluation of 859 West Point cadets." Am J Sports Med 31, no. 6 (November 2003): 831-842. Full Text Link to Item
  - Williams, GN, Molloy, JM, DeBerardino, TM, Arciero, RA, and Taylor, DC. "Evaluation of the Sports Ankle Rating System in young, athletic individuals with acute lateral ankle sprains." Foot Ankle Int 24, no. 3 (March 2003): 274-282. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bui-Mansfield, LT, Taylor, DC, Uhorchak, JM, and Tenuta, JJ. "Humeral avulsions of the glenohumeral ligament: imaging features and a review of the literature." AJR Am J Roentgenol 179, no. 3 (September 2002): 649-655. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - DeBerardino, TM, Arciero, RA, Taylor, DC, and Uhorchak, JM. "Prospective evaluation of arthroscopic stabilization of acute, initial anterior shoulder dislocations in young athletes. Two- to five-year follow-up." Am J Sports Med 29, no. 5 (September 2001): 586-592. Full Text Link to Item
  - Springer, BA, Arciero, RA, Tenuta, JJ, and Taylor, DC. "A prospective study of modified Ottawa ankle rules in a military population. Interobserver agreement between physical therapists and orthopaedic surgeons." Am J Sports Med 28, no. 6 (November 2000): 864-868. Full Text Link to Item
  - Uhorchak, JM, Arciero, RA, Huggard, D, and Taylor, DC. "Recurrent shoulder instability after open reconstruction in athletes involved in collision and contact sports." Am J Sports Med 28, no. 6 (November 2000): 794-799. Full Text Link to Item
  - Paterson, R, Cohen, B, Taylor, D, Bourne, A, and Black, J. "Reconstruction of the lateral ligaments of the ankle using semi-tendinosis graft." Foot & Ankle International 21, no. 5 (May 2000): 413-419. Full Text
  - Williams, GN, Taylor, DC, Gangel, TJ, Uhorchak, JM, and Arciero, RA. "Comparison of the single assessment numeric evaluation method and the Lysholm score." Clin Orthop Relat Res , no. 373 (April 2000): 184-192. Link to Item
  - Springer, BA, Arciero, RA, Tenuta, JJ, and Taylor, DC. "A prospective study of modified Ottawa ankle rules in a military population." The American journal of sports medicine 28, no. 6 (2000): 864-868. (Academic Article)
  - Nelson, BJ, Uhorchak, JM, LeBoeuf, MK, and Taylor, DC. "Physical training and injury in female cadets at the United States Military Academy." Conn Med 63, no. 11 (November 1999): 653-655. Link to Item
  - Taylor, DC, Brooks, DE, and Ryan, JB. "Anabolic-androgenic steroid administration causes hypertrophy of immobilized and nonimmobilized skeletal muscle in a sedentary rabbit model." Am J Sports Med 27, no. 6 (November 1999): 718-727. Full Text Link to Item
  - Warme, WJ, Arciero, RA, and Taylor, DC. "Anterior shoulder instability in sport: current management recommendations." Sports Med 28, no. 3 (September 1999): 209-220. (Review) Link to Item
  - Williams, GN, Gangel, TJ, Arciero, RA, Uhorchak, JM, and Taylor, DC. "Comparison of the Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation method and two shoulder rating scales. Outcomes measures after shoulder surgery." Am J Sports Med 27, no. 2 (March 1999): 214-221. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gerber, JP, Williams, GN, Scoville, CR, Arciero, RA, and Taylor, DC. "Persistent disability associated with ankle sprains: a prospective examination of an athletic population." Foot Ankle Int 19, no. 10 (October 1998): 653-660. Full Text Link to Item
  - Amoroso, PJ, Ryan, JB, Bickley, B, Leitschuh, P, Taylor, DC, and Jones, BH. "Braced for impact: reducing military paratroopers' ankle sprains using outside-the-boot braces." J Trauma 45, no. 3 (September 1998): 575-580. Link to Item
  - Arciero, RA, and Taylor, DC. "Primary anterior dislocation of the shoulder in young patients. A ten-year prospective study." J Bone Joint Surg Am 80, no. 2 (February 1998): 299-300. (Letter) Link to Item
  - Taylor, DC, Brooks, DE, and Ryan, JB. "Viscoelastic characteristics of muscle: passive stretching versus muscular contractions." Med Sci Sports Exerc 29, no. 12 (December 1997): 1619-1624. Link to Item
  - DeBerardino, TM, Arciero, RA, and Taylor, DC. "Arthroscopic treatment of soft-tissue impingement of the ankle in athletes." Arthroscopy 13, no. 4 (August 1997): 492-498. Link to Item
  - Taylor, DC, and Arciero, RA. "Pathologic changes associated with shoulder dislocations. Arthroscopic and physical examination findings in first-time, traumatic anterior dislocations." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 25, no. 3 (May 1997): 306-311. Full Text
  - Scoville, CR, Arciero, RA, Taylor, DC, and Stoneman, PD. "End range eccentric antagonist/concentric agonist strength ratios: a new perspective in shoulder strength assessment." J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 25, no. 3 (March 1997): 203-207. Full Text Link to Item
  - Arciero, RA, Taylor, DC, Harrison, SA, Snyder, RJ, Leahy, KE, and Uhorchak, JM. "Interscalene anesthesia for shoulder arthroscopy in a community-sized military hospital." Arthroscopy 12, no. 6 (December 1996): 715-719. Link to Item
  - Taylor, DC, Erpelding, JM, Whitman, CS, and Kragh, JF. "Treatment of comminuted subtrochanteric femoral fractures in a young population with a reconstruction nail." Mil Med 161, no. 12 (December 1996): 735-738. (Review) Link to Item
  - Leitschuh, PH, Doherty, TJ, Taylor, DC, Brooks, DE, and Ryan, JB. "Effects of postmortem freezing on tensile failure properties of rabbit extensor digitorum longus muscle tendon complex." J Orthop Res 14, no. 5 (September 1996): 830-833. Full Text Link to Item
  - Arciero, RA, Scoville, CR, Snyder, RJ, Uhorchak, JM, Taylor, DC, and Huggard, DJ. "Single versus two-incision arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction." Arthroscopy 12, no. 4 (August 1996): 462-469. Link to Item
  - Kragh, JF, and Taylor, DC. "Parachuting injuries: a medical analysis of an airborne operation." Mil Med 161, no. 2 (February 1996): 67-69. Link to Item
  - DeBerardino, TM, Arciero, RA, and Taylor, DC. "Arthroscopic stabilization of acute initial anterior shoulder dislocation: the West Point experience." J South Orthop Assoc 5, no. 4 (1996): 263-271. Link to Item
  - Arciero, RA, Taylor, DC, Snyder, RJ, and Uhorchak, JM. "Arthroscopic bioabsorbable tack stabilization of initial anterior shoulder dislocations: a preliminary report." Arthroscopy 11, no. 4 (August 1995): 410-417. Link to Item
  - Kragh, JF, and Taylor, DC. "Fast-roping injuries among Army Rangers: a retrospective survey of an elite airborne battalion." Mil Med 160, no. 6 (June 1995): 277-279. Link to Item
  - Arciero, RA, and Taylor, DC. "Inside-outside and all-inside meniscus repair: indications, techniques, and results." Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics 5, no. 1 (1995): 58-69.
  - Erpelding, JM, Taylor, DC, and Kragh, JF. "Extremity trauma in wartime: Lessons learned from recent conflicts." Techniques in Orthopaedics 10, no. 3 (1995): 171-175. Full Text
  - Martin, DF, Taylor, DC, Teitz, CC, and III, FHB. "Report of the 1993 Western Pacific Traveling Fellows." American Journal of Sports Medicine 22, no. 4 (1994): 571-574.
  - Taylor, DC, Dalton, JD, Seaber, AV, and Garrett, WE. "Experimental muscle strain injury. Early functional and structural deficits and the increased risk for reinjury." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 21, no. 2 (March 1993): 190-194. Full Text
  - Taylor, DC, and III, FHB. "Syndesmosis ankle sprains: Diagnosing the injury and aiding recovery." Physician and Sportsmedicine 21, no. 12 (1993): 39-46.
  - Taylor, DC, Englehardt, DL, and Bassett, FH. "Syndesmosis sprains of the ankle. The influence of heterotopic ossification." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 20, no. 2 (March 1992): 146-150. Full Text
  - Taylor, DC. "Abdominal musculature abnormalities as a cause of groin pain in athletes." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 19, no. 4 (July 1991): 421-null. (Letter) Full Text
  - Taylor, DC, Meyers, WC, Moylan, JA, Lohnes, J, Bassett, FH, and Garrett, WE. "Abdominal musculature abnormalities as a cause of groin pain in athletes. Inguinal hernias and pubalgia." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 19, no. 3 (May 1991): 239-242. Full Text
  - Taylor, DC. "Letter to the editor." American Journal of Sports Medicine 19, no. 4 (1991): 421--.
  - Thomas, J, Taylor, D, Crowell, R, and Assor, D. "The effect of indomethacin on Achilles tendon healing in rabbits." Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research , no. 272 (1991): 308-311.
  - Taylor, DC, Dalton, JD, Seaber, AV, and Garrett, WE. "Viscoelastic properties of muscle-tendon units. The biomechanical effects of stretching." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 18, no. 3 (May 1990): 300-309. Full Text
  - Wilkerson, RD, Taylor, DC, Opal, SM, and Curl, WW. "Nocardia asteroides sepsis of the knee." Clin Orthop Relat Res , no. 197 (July 1985): 206-208. Link to Item
  - TAYLOR, DC. "THE LOVE-HATE-RELATIONSHIP OF LIBRARIANS AND PUBLISHERS OF SERIALS." DREXEL LIBRARY QUARTERLY 21, no. 1 (1985): 29-36. Link to Item
  - Taylor, DC, Seaber, AV, and Jr, WEG. "Cyclic repetitive stretching of muscle-tendon units." Surgical Forum VOL. 36 (1985): 539-541.
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