NCT02316860

The Diagnostic Performance of Tilt Test in Athletes

The Diagnostic Performance of Tilt Test in Athletes and a Novel Strategy for Its Improvement

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In the present study the investigators evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of passive tilt test in athletes, as well as their haemodynamic responses and autonomic nervous system activity during head-up tilt. Moreover, the investigators try to apply a novel algorithm for the improvement of diagnostic yield of tilt test in athletes.

Detailed description

We examine athletes with a history of reflex syncope and athletes without history of reflex syncope.All subjects undergo a tilt test, for the evaluation of haemodynamics, heart rate variability (HRV) and baroreflex sensitivity.

Conditions

• Syncope

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Passive tilt test	Passive tilt test (without pharmacological provocation). After a horizontal supine rest period of 5 min, the tilt table was inclined at 60° head-up position for 30 min. A positive response was defined according to the European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2014-12-15
• Last updated: 2017-10-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece