
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
Bio-degradable
A bio-degradable material is one that is naturally broken down over a period of time and absorbed by the body.
Bilateral osteotomy
Bilateral osteotomy is when an osteotomy is performed on both limbs. Page updated December 2023 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Bicompartmental
Bicompartmental means involving two of the three compartments of the knee.
Biceps femoris tendinitis
Biceps femoris tendinitis is an overuse disorder of the biceps femoris tendon, leading to pain and tenderness in the hamstrings at the back of the knee.
Biceps femoris
The biceps femoris is the big muscle at the back of the thigh, contraction of which can flex and laterally rotate the knee. Page updated January 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)