
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
Small-incision knee replacement
A small-incision knee replacement is a knee replacement performed with a smaller incision than traditionally, and using special techniques and instruments.
Slocum test
The Slocum test is a modification of the anterior drawer test and a positive result indicates damage to the anterior cruciate ligament and/or one of the stabilising structures on the side of the knee. Page updated May 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Single-photon-emission computed tomography
Single-photon-emission computed tomography is a radioactive imaging technique to give information about blood flow in the body.
Single-bundle ACL graft
A single-bundle ACL graft is a reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using a 'single-bundle' of graft material as opposed to a 'double-bundle'.
Single Stage Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
Single Stage Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (STACi) is a one-step surgical cartilage repair procedure.