
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
2017 - High incidence of acute and recurrent patellar dislocations: a retrospective nationwide epidemiological study
This is the Editor's interpretation of a paper published in the orthopaedic literature in 2017.
Mobility of the knee meniscus
A discussion of the differences between the two menisci in terms of their mobility, and what this means in terms of meniscus injury patterns.
Rehabilitation considerations after cruciate ligament reconstruction
Rehabilitation after cruciate ligament reconstruction has some special challenges, and it is helpful that patients understand why.
2017 - Unloading knee brace is a cost-effective method to bridge and delay surgery in unicompartmental knee arthritis
An 'interpretation' of a 2017 published medical paper about the cost-efficiency of unloader braces compared to surgical solutions for unicompartmental knee arthritis.
Surgical procedures carrying increased risk of leaving a patient with a stiff knee
A video from one of our courses, discussing those knee conditions that may be complicated by knee stiffness.