KNEEguru Contributor

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Dr Sheila Strover

Clinical Editor

Degrees: BSc (Hons), MB BCh, MBA

Particular expertise: clinical editing, online publishing, patient advocacy, KNEEguru Founder

Location: Newquay, CON, TR7 1HU, United Kingdom

Dr Sheila Strover is the Founder and previous Clinical Editor of the KNEEguru website.

Her medical studies were completed at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa - BSc(Hons) (1968) and MBBCh (1974). She emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1983 and worked as an anaesthetist (anaesthesiologist) until 1989 when she left practice to work in a managerial position at the Droitwich Knee Clinic, which she co-founded with her knee surgeon ex-husband, <a href="/KNEEnotes/retired-knee-surgeon/dr-mr-angus-strover>Angus Strover.

There she was involved with the establishment of The Knee Foundation (an academic trust) and helped to design the content of their academic courses, as well as designing and bringing to production a 3-dimensional arthroscopic training model of the knee.

A sabbatical in at Warwick University 1973-1974 earned her an MBA (1994), and at this stage she also established the KNEEguru company and website and , with help from the shareholders, she started to build the site content which continues to grow.

Dr Strover resigned from the Clinic in 2002, and has concentrated her energies on creating within the KNEEguru website a successful venue for the collaboration of Patients, Clinical Practitioners and Industry in the knee field.

Contributions

Foot pumps

Foot pumps are simple exercises for early leg rehabilitation where the foot is 'pumped' up and down to improve the blood flow of the limb and prevent stasis of the blood that may cause thrombosis. Page updated April 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)

Foot drop

A foot drop is difficulty lifting up the front part of the foot (dorsiflexion), often due to a nerve problem, such as damage to the common peroneal nerve.

Focal resurfacing

Focal resurfacing involves using a small implant of metal or plastic to replace an area of damaged joint surface. Page updated September 2023 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)

Focal implant

A focal implant is an artificial implant of metal or plastic that replaces a small and discrete area of damaged joint surface. Page updated October 2023 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)

Focal cartilage implant

A focal cartilage implant is an implant of metal, ceramic or plastic that replaces a small area of damaged joint cartilage. Page updated June 2023 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)