Jan Lexell
Jan Lexell (born March 13, 1958) is a Swedish physician and academic, who is a specialist in rehabilitation medicine and neurology. He is head of the rehabilitation medicine research group in the Department of Health Sciences at Lund University, Lund.[1][2][3][4][5] One of his research areas is the effect of physical activity on the aging process.[3][6] Lexell is also senior consultant in the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine at Skane University Hospital, Lund.[2][7][8][9] Lexell's research is frequently cited;[10][11] in particular, his work during the 1980s on examining the vastus lateralis muscle immediately post-mortem, which helped identify an atrophy in type-2 fiber area in older people,[12] Some of his most important research was carried out in 1989–90, while working at the University of Liverpool, UK, with grants from several major Swedish medical organisations.[13][14]
Sports medicine
[edit | edit source]Lexell is actively engaged in sports medicine, in particular paralympic sports medicine.[4][15][16][17][18] Lexell is a standing member of the Medical committee in the International Paralympic Committee (IPC),[5][15][19] and was directly involved in preparing Sweden's paralympic athletes for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio.[20] He was a contributor to the Textbook of Sports Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Aspects of Sports Injury and Physical Activity, published by Wiley in 2003, revised 2008.[21]
Awards
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "Jan Lexell", "Lund University", retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ a b "Meet the Guest Professor Jan Lexell" Archived 2018-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, "Luleå University of Technology", retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ a b "Vara aktiv i vardagen nyckeln till hälsa", "Vetenskap och hälsa" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ a b "Handikappidrott borde inte vara skild från övrig idrott", "Sveriges Radio" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ a b "Concussion important but badly neglected issue in Para sports, say experts", "Sciencedaily", retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ "Hundraåringen som tränar för livet", "Svenska Dagbladet (SvD)" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ "Rehabilitation Medicine", "Lund University", retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ "Rehabilitering är mycket mer än bara träning", "Vetenskap och hälsa" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ "Dålig hälsa vanlig bland funktionshindrade", "Vetenskap och hälsa" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ "Lexell, Jan E", "Scopus", retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ "Searching for Jan Lexell", Google Scholar, retrieved 26 February 2018
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- ^ a b "Jan Lexell" Archived 2018-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, "Riksidrottsförbundet" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ "Parasport kommittéer" Archived 2018-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, Parasport Sweden (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ "Med fokus på parasportares skador" "Vetenskap och hälsa" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ "Hjärnskakningar i parasport – bättre kunskap behövs", Sveriges Radio (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ "Medical Committee", Paralympic, retrieved 26 February 2018
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- ^ "Jan Lexell, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy 2017" Archived 2018-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, "Luleå university of Technology", retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ "Lundaprofessor hedersdoktor i Luleå", "Läkartidningen" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
- ^ "Jan Lexell blir hedersdoktor vid Luleå tekniska universitet", Faculty of Medicine Lund University (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
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