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Tilt Testing with Combined Lower Body Negative Pressure: a “Gold Standard” for Measuring Orthostatic Tolerance

Tilt Testing with Combined Lower Body Negative Pressure: a “Gold Standard” for Measuring Orthostatic Tolerance

DOI:
10.3791/4315-v

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14:09 min

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March 21, 2013

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1Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology,Simon Fraser University

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  • 00:05Title
  • 01:28Equipment Set Up
  • 03:09Subject Prep
  • 07:42Data Collection
  • 11:50Results: Orthostatic Tolerance
  • 12:56Conclusion

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We describe a "gold standard" for evaluating orthostatic tolerance (OT) using tilt testing with combined lower body negative pressure (LBNP). This can be combined with non-invasive evaluations of cardiovascular reflex control. Normal and abnormal responses are defined.

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Tilt TestingCombined Lower Body Negative PressureOrthostatic ToleranceCardiovascular StabilitySyncopePresyncopal EventGravitational StressOrthostatic IntoleranceReproducibilityTherapeutic InterventionsInvasive ProceduresHead-upright Tilt TestingSyncope DiagnosisPostural Cardiovascular ReflexesTilting ProtocolsPharmacological ProvocationLBNP

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