
Phone
06 830 1242 Extension: 5242
Areas of Teaching
Anatomy and Physiology, Special topic, Clinical Reasoning
Qualifications
MHSc (Rehabilitation) (Otago); BSci (Otago); BPhty (Otago); BHSc; CertAdEd
Profile
Lee-Anne Taylor is the Assistant Head of School, School of Health and Sport Science at the Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) and is a member of the Exercise Science group, Health Research at EIT. She is a qualified physiotherapist whose specialist interest is in injury prevention and community health. Lee-Anne has been involved with Netball New Zealand who have developed a neuromuscular warm up protocol, modelled off the FIFA 11+, aimed at preventing serious injuries in netball players. Currently she is evaluating the outcomes of a pre-season netball programmes on athletic performance and injury prevention. She is also part of the group evaluating PATU, an exercise intervention targeted at Maori and Pacifica health outcomes.
EIT research grant – $3000 – investigating effects of preseason netball specific program on athletic performance and injury prevention
Research Outputs
Research outputs 2022
Taylor, L-A., & Reid, J. (2022, November 30-December 2). Impacts of the traffic light system on education [Paper presentation]. ITP Research Symposium 2022, Invercargill, New Zealand.
Research outputs 2021
Taylor, L.-A., Wawatai, N., Foma, A., & Malaitai, V. (2021, November 25-26). PolyActive Pacific community-based initiative [Paper presentation]. National ITP Research Symposium 2021, Porirua, New Zealand.
Taylor, L.-A., Wawatai, N., & Lander, P. (2021, November 25-26). Developing a project-based learning approach in a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science [Paper presentation]. National ITP Research Symposium 2021, Porirua, New Zealand.
Research outputs 2020
Taylor, L., Forrest, R., Yoder, H., & Lander, P. (2020). The effects of Netball specific preseason programme on adolescent athletic performance and injury reduction: A pilot study. Journal of Sport and Exercise Science, 4(1), 53-62. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36905/jses.2020.01.08
van Dulm, O., Taylor, L.-A, & Wawatai-Aldrich, N. (2020, September). Te Aranga Ake—Connecting with community through project-based learning [Abstract]. In M. Rudoff, D. Skelton, & D. Stewart (Eds.), Te Pae Tawhiti 2020: Conference booklet; 17-18 September 2020, Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier (p. 23). Eastern Institute of Technology. https://www.eit.ac.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Te-Pae-Tawhiti-2020-Conference-Booklet.pdf
Taylor, L.-A., & Wawatai-Aldrich, N. (2020, September). Community led project-based learning [Paper presentation]. 2020 ITP Research Symposium, Rotorua, New Zealand. https://youtu.be/v7N9FgEaKTw
Taylor, L. (2020, November). Basketball Smart [Conference workshop]. Physiotherapy New Zealand Annual Hawke’s Bay Branch Symposium: Dynamic Wellness, Napier, New Zealand.
Research outputs 2019
Taylor, L.-A. (2019, December). Conference report: ASICS Sports Medicine Australia Conference 2019, Sunshine Coast. SEPNZ Bulletin, 2019(12), 5-8.
Taylor, L.-A. (2019). A health social experiment. Paper presented at the Physiotherapy New Zealand Annual Hawke’s Bay Branch Symposium: Dynamic Wellness, Napier, New Zealand.
Research outputs 2018
Taylor, L., & Lander, P. (2018). Adolescent netball players normative data and physical performance profiles. Physical Educator: Journal of Physical Education New Zealand, 51(1), 19-24.
Research outputs 2017
Taylor, L., Forrest, R., & Yoder, H. (2017). The effects of a netball specific preseason programme on athletic performance and injury reduction: A pilot study [Abstract]. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(Suppl. 2), A1. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098966.1
Paton, C. D., Addis, S. M., & Taylor, L.-A. (2017). The effects of muscle blood flow restriction during running training on measures of aerobic capacity and run time to exhaustion. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 117(12), 2579–2585. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-017-3745-3
Taylor, L. (2017, February). Preseason netball conditioning aims to reduce netball injuries. Physio Matters, 16–17.
Taylor, L. (2017, October). Asics grant report. SPNZ Sport Bulletin, 2017(5), 14–18.
Taylor, L. (2017, October). Neuromuscular dynamic warm ups. In 2017 ITP Sport Recreation and Health Research Symposium. Conducted at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Nelson, New Zealand.
Taylor, L. (2017, May). Lifelong athletes. Presented at Hastings Girls High School, Sports Awards, Hastings, New Zealand.
Research outputs 2016
Forrest, R., Taylor, L.-A., Roberts, J., Pearson, M., Foxall, D., & Scott-Chapman, S. (2016). PatuTM: Fighting fit, fighting fat! The Hinu Wero approach. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 12(3), 282-297. doi:0.20507/AlterNative.2016.12.3.6
Paton, C., Addis, S., & Taylor, L.-A. (2016, July). The effects of muscle blood flow restriction during running training on measures of endurance performance. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS 2016), Vienna, Austria.
Taylor, L. (2016, November). The effects on athletic performance and injury prevention of a netball specific preseason programme: A pilot study. Paper presented at the New Zealand Sports Medicine Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Taylor, L. (2016, October). The effects of a netball specific preseason programme: A pilot study. Paper presented at the ITP Sport, Exercise and Health Research Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Taylor, L. (2016, July). Pre-season netball conditioning programme and Netball Smart. Paper presented at the Netball Central Forum, Wellington, New Zealand.
Taylor, L. (2016, September). The effects on athletic performance and injury reduction of a netball specific preseason programme: A pilot study. Paper presented at the Annual Hawke’s Bay Symposium Dynamic Wellness for Allied Health Professionals, Hastings, New Zealand.
Research outputs 2015
Chapman, S., Forrest, R., & Taylor, L.-A. (2015, June). ‘U’ come before the ‘i’ in the PATU© community: Creating a healthy environment for Māori using a community based gym approach adhering to cultural wellbeing and inclusivity. Paper presented at the ISSA (International Sociology of Sport Association) World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Paris, France.
Roberts, J., Forrest, R., Armstrong, L., Chapman, S., Taylor, L., Foxall, D., & Pearson, M. (2015, August). Evaluating the PATU© model: Promoting health and whanaungatanga. Paper presented at the Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference 2015, Auckland, New Zealand.
Armstrong, L., Taylor, L., & Forrest, R. (2015). PATU Up! Fighting fat to be fighting fit: The Hinu Wero. Paper presented at the Hawke’s Bay Clinical Research Symposium, Hastings, New Zealand.
Taylor, L. (2015, October). Preventing injuries in adolescent netball players. Paper presented at the Dynamic Wellness Symposium, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.
Taylor, L. (2015, October). Preventing injuries in adolescent netball players. Paper presented at the ITP Sports Research Symposium, Napier, New Zealand.
Roberts, J., Forrest, R., Armstrong, L., Foxall, D., Taylor, L., Chapman, S., & Pearson, M. (2015, November 6). Evaluating the PATU© model: Promoting health and whanaungatanga. Presented at the School of Nursing Research Forum, Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.
Taylor, L. (2015). Netball injury prevention. Presented at Netball New Zealand U17 Coaching Forum, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Taylor, L. (2015). Netball warm up interventions. Presented at Physiotherapy New Zealand (PNZ) Hawke’s Bay Branch, Hastings, New Zealand.
Taylor, L., & Armstrong, L. (2015). Patu Aotearoa for the people. Presented at the Annual General Meeting of Physiotherapy New Zealand (PNZ) Hawke’s Bay Branch, Hastings, New Zealand.
Research outputs 2014
Armstrong, L., Forrest, R., Stockdale-Frost, A., Taylor, L., & Chapman, S. (2014, October). Fighting for Māori health – The PATU initiative. Paper presented at Tū Kaha 2014, Hastings, New Zealand.
Chapman, S., Forrest, R., Frost, A., Taylor, L.-A., & Armstrong, L. (2014). The PATU© initiative as cultural praxis: Constructing tools to appropriately evaluate health and fitness programmes developed by and for Māori. In Congress abstracts: 2014 Population Health Congress, 6-8 October, 2014, Auckland, New Zealand (p. 233). Retrieved from http://www.pophealthcongress.org.nz/files/docs/nzphc /nz%20population%20health%20congress%20abstract%20book.pdf
Taylor, L. (2014, September). Preventing ACL injuries in adolescent netball players. Paper presented at the Physiotherapy New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Taylor, L. (2014, May 1). Preventing ACL injuries in youth netball players. Presented at the New Zealand ITP Sports Research Symposium, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Taylor, L. (2014, May 1). Sport and recreation research at EIT and roles of the tertiary sector. Panel discussion at the New Zealand ITP Sports Research Symposium, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Research outputs 2013
Taylor, L. (2013). Smoke-free@EIT: Staff and student perceptions. Unpublished report, Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
Taylor, L. (2013, May 10). Nutrition for netball. Presented at the Hawke’s Bay Netball forum, Hastings, New Zealand.
Research outputs 2012
Taylor, L. (2012). Smoke-free @EIT. Unpublished report, Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.
Research outputs 2011
Taylor, L., Hay-Smith, J., & Dean, S. (2011). Can Clinical Pilates decrease pain and improve function in people complaining of non-specific chronic low back pain? A pilot study. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 39(1), 30-38. Available from https://physiotherapy.org.nz/
Research outputs 2008
Taylor, L.-A. (2008, May). Chronic low back pain and Clinical Pilates. EIT Innovations Research Seminar. EIT Hawke’s Bay, Napier, New Zealand.
Research outputs 2007
Taylor, L. (2007, October) Low back pain and pilates. EIT Seminar Series, EIT Hawke’s Bay, Napier, New Zealand.
Taylor, L. (2007). Will Clinical Pilates decrease pain and improve function in chronic low back pain sufferers? A pilot study. Unpublished masters thesis, University of Otago, New Zealand.