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
Extracellular matrix
The extracellular matrix is a 3-dimensional network of large molecules outside of the cells (eg collagen) that provide them with structural and biochemical support.
Extraarticular
Extraarticular means outside of the joint cavity and its capsule.
External fixator
An external fixator is a metal apparatus to hold together the broken ends of a bone via rods drilled through the skin into the bone.
Extensor mechanism
The extensor mechanism consists of a chain of anatomical structures including the quads muscle and kneecap that work together to straighten the knee.
Extension
Extension means 'straightening'. Knee extension is to straighten the knee by actively contracting the extensor muscles or by positioning the body to allow passive extension. Page updated June 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)