KNEEguru Contributor

strover02.png

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

TTT

TTT is an abbreviation of 'tibial tuberosity transfer' which is a surgical procedure to improve kneecap stability.

TT-TG Distance

TT-TG distance is a measurement, derived from CT or MRI scans, which gives an indication of the sideways alignment of the groove in which the kneecap slides compared to the attachment point of its tendon on the tibia. Page updated May 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)

TT-PCL distance

The TT-PCL distance is an MRI measurement of the distance from the tibial tubercle to the posterior cruciate ligament, and calculated in the evaluation of kneecap instability.

Trunk extension

Trunk extension is a rehabilitation exercise to strengthen the lower back.

Trochleoplasty

A trochleoplasty is a surgical procedure to re-shape the walls of the trochlear groove to improve patellar stability. Page updated June 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)