
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
2003 - Rehabilitation of the arthrofibrotic knee
An 'interpretation' of an article from 2003 detailing the rehabilitation protocol practised in Vail at that time in managing the stiff arthrofibrotic knee.
2002 - Patellofemoral malalignment: looking beyond the viewbox
This is the editor's interpretation of a paper published in 2002, in which the authors stress that no 'corrective' surgery for patellofemoral malalignment should be undertaken on the basis of the imaging findings alone.
2001 - Motion loss after ligament injuries to the knee
An 'interpretation' of a medical article from 2001 detailing the various causes of diminished range of motion in the knee after ligament injuries.
2000 - Prevention of permanent arthrofibrosis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
An 'interpretation' of a paper published in 2000 which discusses the critical importance of competent rehabilitation in preventing arthrofibrotic scarring inside the knee after cruciate ligament reconstruction.
2000 - Lateral Stabilizing Structures of the Knee: Functional Anatomy and Injuries Assessed with MR Imaging
An 'interpretation' of a paper published in 2000 that explains the anatomical basis of certain multi-ligament injuries of the knee.