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
2000 - Results of Arthroscopic Treatment of Symptomatic Loss of Extension Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
An 'interpretation'of an article from 2000 describing the possible causes of loss of full extension in the knee after cruciate ligament reconstruction, how it is managed, and highlighting the importance of rehabilitation in preventing loss of full range of movement in the first place.
1999 - Operative treatment of arthrofibrosis of the knee
An 'interpretation' of a 1999 paper that gives a good overview of the subject of arthrofibrotic scarring in the knee.
1999 - Joint debridement and soft tissue release as a salvage procedure for the severely arthrofibrotic knee
An 'interpretation' of a publication from 1999 describing how these surgeons managed knees that were severely locked up with arthrofibrotic scarring.
1994 - The surgical treatment of arthrofibrosis of the knee
An 'interpretation' of a 1994 article where the authors described their system of surgical management of arthrofibrotic scarring in the knee.
1991 - The early diagnosis and treatment of developmental patella infera syndrome
An 'interpretation' of a 1991 publication, describing how to recognise the early stages of internal scarring causing the patellar to pull down into an 'infera' position.