PURPOSE An association between baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) and the response to tilt training has not been reported in patients with neurally mediated syncope (NMS). This study sought to investigate the role of BRS in predicting the response to tilt training in patients with NMS. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed 57 patients who underwent tilt training at our hospital. A responder to tilt tra...

Measurement of tilt is having a very much importance in the applications such as railway track monitoring, mining, aviation, tunneling, bridge and dam monitoring system, etc. The tilt is measured in terms of degrees and is made with respect to the original tilt of the surface on which the meter is kept. This paper proposes an embedded tilt measurement system, which uses a level sensor, A/D conv...

AIMS This study examined the occurrence, magnitude, and the consequences of a possible tilt between the corneal surface and optical axis of the EyeSys videokeratoscope. METHODS Initially, a theoretical model was developed to calculate the angle of tilt. The predictions of the model were verified empirically using a convex conicoid surface and were found to predict the tilt to within 0.5 degre...

Although tilt tables are used by physiotherapists to reintroduce patients to the vertical position, no quantitative evidence is available regarding their use within intensive care units (ICUs) of Australian hospitals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of tilt tables in physiotherapy management of patients in ICUs across Australia. Ninety-nine physiotherapists working in Australi...

Tilt-coordination is a technique which uses the tilt-translation ambiguity of the vestibular system to simulate linear accelerations on dynamic driving simulators, in combination with real linear accelerations. However, the tilt/translation ratio is chosen empirically. We experimentally determine the most realistic tilt/translation ratio to simulate a given value of deceleration. Under specific...