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
Patellofemoral syndrome
Patellofemoral syndrome is pain experienced around the kneecap and which may be caused by a combination of several possible factors.
Patellofemoral subluxation
Patellofemoral subluxation is when the patella briefly jumps almost out of the walls of the groove in the femur bone, but then returns to its normal position.
Patellofemoral resurfacing
Patellofemoral resurfacing is a partial knee replacement involving the areas of both patella and femur where they come into contact.
Patellofemoral pain syndrome
Patellofemoral pain syndrome is pain experienced - in the absence of any specific injury - in the front of the knee, and arising from stress to the patella or the anatomical structures closely associated with it. Page updated March 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Patellofemoral joint
The patellofemoral joint is the contact area between the undersurface of the patella and the groove of the femur bone. Page updated July 2024 2023 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)