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
Bowstringing
Bowstringing in the knee is caused by a membrane catching over a moving area, eg a plica catching on the rounded end of the femur.
Bow legs
In bow legs the knees do not touch when standing or walking, although the feet may seem more or less normally aligned. Page updated January 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Bone-on-bone
Bone-on-bone is a term used when joint and meniscus cartilage of the tibiofemoral joint are worn down so much that - instead of nice shiny opposing joint surfaces - exposed bone is grating on exposed bone. Page updated January 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Bone wedge
A bone wedge is a wedge-shaped piece of bone, generally either removed or inserted during an osteotomy. Page updated January 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Bone spur
Bone spurs (or osteophytes) are small, irregular bony outgrowths from the edges of a joint surface. Page updated February 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)