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
Polyarthropathy
Polyarthropathy means joint problems - such as inflammation - affecting several joints.
Plyometrics
Plyometrics are advanced rehabilitation exercises relying on speed and force. Page updated March 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Pluripotent
Pluripotent - referring to stem cells - a cell that has the capacity to differentiate into any cell type within the three main tissue groups of the body.
Plica syndrome
Plica syndrome is a collection of symptoms commonly experienced together in the knee, when a fold of joint lining called a plica is irritated, thickened and intermittently catches between other structures in the joint. Page updated May 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Plica surgery
Plica surgery in the knee is performed to remove a plical fold of joint lining that is being troublesome, perhaps because it is catching in the joint.