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Per Renström
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Per Renström was born in 1942. He was certified as a medical doctor at Göteborg University in Sweden in 1972. He finished his residency in 1977. In 1981, he gained a PhD, the research topic being below-knee amputees. Until 1988, he worked at the Department of Orthopaedics at Sahlgren University Hospital in Göteborg. In 1988, he and his family relocated to the University of Vermont in Burlington, where he had a full professorship in orthopaedics and sports medicine. In 1997, he returned to Sweden as professor of sports medicine at the Karolinska Institutet.
Since 1967 Per has been married to Lena, who has a PhD in science education and is now working at the Education University of Stockholm.
Per has been very active in sports medicine research. His research topics include biomechanical and clinical studies, particularly of knee and ankle ligaments, Achilles tendons, and amputation and prosthetics. He is author
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