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."Jan Lexell", "Lund University", retrieved 26 February 2018"Meet the Guest Professor Jan Lexell" , "Luleå University of Technology", retrieved 26 February 2018"Vara aktiv i vardagen nyckeln till hälsa", "Vetenskap och hälsa" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018"Handikappidrott borde inte vara skild från övrig idrott", "Sveriges Radio" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018"Concussion important but badly neglected issue in Para sports, say experts", "Sciencedaily", retrieved 26 February 2018 One of his research areas is the effect of physical activity on the aging process."Hundraåringen som tränar för livet", "Svenska Dagbladet (SvD)" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018 Lexell is also senior consultant in the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine at Skane University Hospital, Lund."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's research is frequently cited;"Lexell, Jan E", "Scopus", retrieved 26 February 2018"Searching for Jan Lexell", Google Scholar, retrieved 26 February 2018 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, 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.
Sports medicine Lexell is actively engaged in sports medicine, in particular paralympic sports medicine."Jan Lexell" , "Riksidrottsförbundet" (in Swedish), retrieved 26 February 2018"Parasport kommittéer" , 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 Lexell is a standing member of the Medical committee in the International Paralympic Committee (IPC),"Medical Committee", Paralympic, retrieved 26 February 2018 and was directly involved in preparing Sweden's paralympic athletes for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. 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.
Awards 2017 – honorary doctorate (h.c.) at Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden."Jan Lexell, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy 2017" , "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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