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]
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]
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]
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]