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

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

References

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  2. ^ a b "Meet the Guest Professor Jan Lexell", "Luleå University of Technology", retrieved 26 February 2018
  3. ^ a b "Vara aktiv i vardagen nyckeln till hälsa", "Vetenskap och hälsa" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
  4. ^ a b "Handikappidrott borde inte vara skild från övrig idrott", "Sveriges Radio" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
  5. ^ a b "Concussion important but badly neglected issue in Para sports, say experts", "Sciencedaily", retrieved 26 February 2018
  6. ^ "Hundraåringen som tränar för livet", "Svenska Dagbladet (SvD)" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
  7. ^ "Rehabilitation Medicine", "Lund University", retrieved 26 February 2018
  8. ^ "Rehabilitering är mycket mer än bara träning", "Vetenskap och hälsa" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
  9. ^ "Dålig hälsa vanlig bland funktionshindrade", "Vetenskap och hälsa" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
  10. ^ "Lexell, Jan E", "Scopus", retrieved 26 February 2018
  11. ^ "Searching for Jan Lexell", Google Scholar, retrieved 26 February 2018
  12. ^ Richard L. Lieber (2002). Skeletal Muscle Structure, Function, and Plasticity. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 259–. ISBN 978-0-7817-3061-7.
  13. ^ Stanley Salmons (1997). Muscle Damage. Oxford University Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-19-262753-7.
  14. ^ Lexell, J.; Downham, D.; Sjöström, M. (1986). "Distribution of different fibre types in human skeletal muscles. Fibre type arrangement in m. vastus lateralis from three groups of healthy men between 15 and 83 years". Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 72 (2–3): 211–22. doi:10.1016/0022-510X(86)90009-2. PMID 3711935. S2CID 24326822.
  15. ^ a b "Jan Lexell" Archived 2018-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, "Riksidrottsförbundet" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
  16. ^ "Parasport kommittéer" Archived 2018-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, Parasport Sweden (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
  17. ^ "Med fokus på parasportares skador" "Vetenskap och hälsa" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
  18. ^ "Hjärnskakningar i parasport – bättre kunskap behövs", Sveriges Radio (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
  19. ^ "Medical Committee", Paralympic, retrieved 26 February 2018
  20. ^ Michael Pavitt (21 December 2015). "Swedish Paralympic hopefuls boosted by deal with health care provider". Inside the Games. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  21. ^ Michael Kjaer; Michael Krogsgaard; Peter Magnusson (15 April 2008). Textbook of Sports Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Aspects of Sports Injury and Physical Activity. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-1-4051-4057-7.
  22. ^ "Jan Lexell, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy 2017", "Luleå university of Technology", retrieved 26 February 2018
  23. ^ "Lundaprofessor hedersdoktor i Luleå", "Läkartidningen" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018
  24. ^ "Jan Lexell blir hedersdoktor vid Luleå tekniska universitet", Faculty of Medicine Lund University (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018