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National Ranking
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Overview

Dennis R. Taaffe is affiliated with Edith Cowan University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on oncology, physiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and rehabilitation.

Their work covers a range of topics including cancer survivorship and care, nutrition and health in aging, the quality of life of childhood cancer survivors, prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, exercise and physiological responses, lymphatic system and diseases, and cardiovascular and exercise physiology.

Taaffe has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Resistance Training Load Effects on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gain: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis (2020) published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Resistance training effectiveness on body composition and body weight outcomes in individuals with overweight and obesity across the lifespan: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022) published in Obesity Reviews
  • Exercise-induced myokines and their effect on prostate cancer (2021) published in Nature Reviews Urology
  • Obesity and prostate cancer: A narrative review (2021) published in Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
  • Implementation barriers to integrating exercise as medicine in oncology: an ecological scoping review (2021) published in Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Taaffe include Daniel A. Galvão, Robert U. Newton, Nigel Spry, Pedro López, and Colin Tang.

Taaffe's research has been featured predominantly in several publication venues, notably:

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases
  • Journal of Cancer Survivorship
  • Journal of Sport and Health Science
  • Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Best Publications

  • Relationship of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha with muscle mass and muscle strength in elderly men and women: the Health ABC Study.

    Marjolein Visser;Marco Pahor;Dennis R. Taaffe;Bret H. Goodpaster

  • Sarcopenia: etiology, clinical consequences, intervention, and assessment

    T Lang;T Streeper;P Cawthon;K Baldwin

  • Physical activity, exercise, and inflammatory markers in older adults: findings from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study.

    Lisa H Colbert;Marjolein Visser;Eleanor M Simonsick;Russell P Tracy

  • Effects and moderators of exercise on quality of life and physical function in patients with cancer : An individual patient data meta-analysis of 34 RCTs

    Laurien M. Buffart;Joeri Kalter;Maike G. Sweegers;Kerry S. Courneya

  • Combined Resistance and Aerobic Exercise Program Reverses Muscle Loss in Men Undergoing Androgen Suppression Therapy for Prostate Cancer Without Bone Metastases: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Daniel A. Galvão;Dennis R. Taaffe;Nigel Spry;David Joseph

  • Once-weekly resistance exercise improves muscle strength and neuromuscular performance in older adults.

    Dennis R. Taaffe;Camille Duret;Steve Wheeler;Robert Marcus;Robert Marcus

  • Cross-sectional and Prospective Relationships of Interleukin-6 and C-Reactive Protein With Physical Performance in Elderly Persons MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging

    Dennis R. Taaffe;Tamara B. Harris;Luigi Ferrucci;John Rowe

  • High-intensity interval training for improving health-related fitness in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Sarah A Costigan;N Eather;Ronald Plotnikoff;Dennis R Taaffe

  • Gymnasts exhibit higher bone mass than runners despite similar prevalence of amenorrhea and oligomenorrhea.

    T.L. Robinson;Christine Snow-Harter;D.R. Taaffe;D. Gillis

  • High‐Impact Exercise Promotes Bone Gain in Well‐Trained Female Athletes

    Dennis R. Taaffe;Dennis R. Taaffe;Tracey L. Robinson;Christine M. Snow;Robert Marcus;Robert Marcus

  • Differential effects of swimming versus weight-bearing activity on bone mineral status of eumenorrheic athletes.

    Dennis R. Taaffe;Christine Snow-Harter;Declan A. Connolly;Tracey L. Robinson

  • Effect of recombinant human growth hormone on the muscle strength response to resistance exercise in elderly men.

    Dennis R. Taaffe;Leslie Pruitt;Jennifer Reim;Raymond L. Hintz

  • Strength Versus Muscle Power-Specific Resistance Training in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

    Tim R. Henwood;Stephan Riek;Dennis R. Taaffe

  • Resistance training and reduction of treatment side effects in prostate cancer patients.

    Daniel A Galvão;Kazunori Nosaka;Dennis R Taaffe;Nigel Spry;Nigel Spry

  • Inflammatory markers are associated with ventilatory limitation and muscle dysfunction in obstructive lung disease in well functioning elderly subjects

    Sachin Yende;Grant W Waterer;Elizabeth Tolley;Anne Newman

  • Resistance Exercise Dosage in Older Adults: Single‐ Versus Multiset Effects on Physical Performance and Body Composition

    Daniel A. Galvão;Dennis R. Taaffe

  • Alterations in muscle attenuation following detraining and retraining in resistance-trained older adults

    Dennis R. Taaffe;Tim R. Henwood;Michael A. Nalls;Duncan G. Walker

  • Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) position statement on exercise prescription for the prevention and management of osteoporosis

    Belinda R. Beck;Robin M. Daly;Maria A. Fiatarone Singh;Dennis R. Taaffe;Dennis R. Taaffe

  • Race and Sex Effects on the Association Between Muscle Strength, Soft Tissue, and Bone Mineral Density in Healthy Elders: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study

    Dennis R. Taaffe;Jane A. Cauley;Michelle Danielson;Michael C. Nevitt

  • Can supervised exercise prevent treatment toxicity in patients with prostate cancer initiating androgen-deprivation therapy: a randomised controlled trial.

    Prue Cormie;Daniel A. Galvao;Nigel A. Spry;David Joseph;David Joseph;David Joseph

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert U. Newton
Robert U. Newton Edith Cowan University
Robert Marcus
Robert Marcus Stanford University
Suzanne K. Chambers
Suzanne K. Chambers University of Technology Sydney
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Johannes Brug
Johannes Brug Utrecht University
Jeff S. Coombes
Jeff S. Coombes University of Queensland
Michael C. Nevitt
Michael C. Nevitt University of California, San Francisco
Stephen B. Kritchevsky
Stephen B. Kritchevsky Wake Forest University
Ronald C. Plotnikoff
Ronald C. Plotnikoff University of Newcastle Australia

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