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
Anteversion
Anteversion is an abnormal forwards angulation of a bone; the term is usually used in relation to the femur. Page updated July 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Anteromedial rotatory instability
Anteromedial rotatory instability is an abnormal and excessive movement of the inner side of the tibia in relation to the femur when weight is taken on the knee, with the joint opening up more than it should. Page updated July 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Anterolateral rotatory instability
Anterolateral rotatory instability is an excessive internal rotation of the tibia on the femur when the knee is bent, leading to excessive opening of the joint at the outer (lateral ) side. Page updated July 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Anterolateral ligament
The anterolateral ligament (ALL) is a ligamentous thickening of the capsular ligament on the outer side of the knee, in front of the lateral collateral ligament. Page updated July 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Anterolateral corner
The anterolateral corner (ALC) is that region on the outer side of the front of the knee. Page updated July 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)