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A tilt table test (TTT), occasionally called upright tilt testing (UTT), is a medical procedure often used to diagnose dysautonomia or syncope. Patients with symptoms of dizziness or lightheadedness, with or without a loss of consciousness ( fainting ), suspected to be associated with a drop in blood pressure or positional tachycardia are good ...
Tilt test on a fitting discontinuity. In geomechanics, a tilt test is a simple test to estimate the shear strength parameters of a discontinuity. [1] [2] Two pieces of rock containing a discontinuity are held in hand or mounted in test equipment with the discontinuity horizontal. The sample is slowly tilted until the top block moves.
Another method, known as the bucket test, uses a bucket over a patient's head. The clinician rotates the bucket until a line at the bottom of the bucket is perceived to be vertical. The Subjective Virtual Visual goggle is a trademarked method, which employs a goggle displaying a vertical line and a hand-held remote.
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Tilt table test; in medicine the medical procedure often used to diagnose dysautonomia or syncope Bielschowsky's head tilt test Tilt test (geotechnical engineering) ; in geotechnical engineering, ground engineering, geotechnics
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When performing the Dix–Hallpike test, patients are lowered quickly to a supine position (lying horizontally with the face and torso facing up) with the neck extended 30 degrees below horizontal by the clinician performing the maneuver. [3] The Dix–Hallpike and the side-lying testing position have yielded similar results.