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.
Tilt table protocol for physical therapy.
The test can tell your doctor if faulty brain signals are causing low blood pressure.
Initially used as a diagnostic tools tilt table test for assessment of syncope.
Isoprenaline is then infused at a rate of 1 μg min for five minutes supine then five minutes at 70 tilt.
A tilt table test is used to evaluate the cause of unexplained fainting.
To use a tilt table the patient lies on top of the table on her back.
In a tilt table test you lie on a table that adjusts your body position from horizontal to vertical to simulate standing up.
The physical therapist secures the safety straps around the patient then slowly elevates the table putting the patient into a standing position and monitoring her blood pressure and heart rate throughout the treatment.
The protocol involved a stepwise process to gradually raise the subject into a standing position on the tilt table platform at 10 intervals from 60 to 90.
Tilt tables feature a footplate to support the patient s weight and offer positioning for the feet while standing in a tilted position.
A clinical protocol for the use of the tilt table was developed and applied to subjects in the acute phase following a stroke.
The patient remains supine for 20 minutes and is then tilted to 70 for five minutes.