Tolerance of a standing tilt table protocol by patients an inpatient stroke unit setting: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

To describe and examine physiologic and self-reported indices of tolerance to a standing tilt table protocol (STTP) among patients following an acute stroke.

Methods

We undertook a prospective, observational pilot study of patients admitted to a stroke unit of a single academic medical center. A clinical protocol for the use of the tilt table was developed and applied to subjects in the acute phase following a stroke. 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°. Tolerance of the STTP was operationally defined as the ability to sustain 60° or greater of tilt table inclination for a minimum of 5 minutes, without signs or symptoms of intoleran

SUBMITTER: Baltz MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3767008 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature