The supine position is again assumed for five minutes re equilibration.
Tilt table protocol for physical therapy.
To use a tilt table the patient lies on top of the table on her back.
Initially used as a diagnostic tools tilt table test for assessment of syncope.
A clinical protocol for the use of the tilt table was developed and applied to subjects in the acute phase following a stroke.
Some tilt tables are designed to tilt a few degrees below horizontal while others go from a 90 degree angle to a completely flat 180 degree horizontal position.
The patient remains supine for 20 minutes and is then tilted to 70 for five minutes.
The test can tell your doctor if faulty brain signals are causing low blood pressure.
Tilt tables feature a footplate to support the patient s weight and offer positioning for the feet while standing in a tilted position.
Introduction a padded table with a top capable of being rotated on its transverse axis so that a patient lying on it can be brought into the erect position.
Isoprenaline is then infused at a rate of 1 μg min for five minutes supine then five minutes at 70 tilt.
In a tilt table test you lie on a table that adjusts your body position from horizontal to vertical to simulate standing up.
A tilt table test is used to evaluate the cause of unexplained fainting.