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
The torn posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)
Isolated PCL tears cause pain, some swelling and limited range of motion. Instability is not initially a major complaint.
The torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
When the cruciate ligament is torn, he person, and even those close by, may hear a loud 'POP' after which the person is unable to continue with the activity and has to be assisted home with the knee feeling very unstable.
Cruciate Ligament Tears
Tears of the cruciate ligaments are significant injuries. The ACL can be torn when the tibia is stressed suddenly in relation to the femur.
The Cruciate Ligaments
The cruciate ligaments are the central ligament stabilisers of the knee. They are strong bands of ligament tissue that allow the normal knee movement of bending and straightening.