[Automatically controlled angiological tilting table for standardised plethysmographic evaluation of partial functions of the veins of the leg: method and normal values].

A preadjustible, electrically driven, automatically controlled tilting procedure is prevented by fixing them below with an adjustible bicycle saddle (passive orthostasis during the measurement) and above with shoulder pads. Automatic standardized tilting by means of this table with simultaneous plethysmographic registration (strain gauges or air-filled plethysmographs) of the volume changes of the calf or/and the forefoot results in objective quantitative parameters of the following venous partial functions: A) Efficiency of venous outflow (tilting from head up 20 degrees to head down 60 degrees) and B) Venous insufficiency (swelling more than normal arterial inflow during tilting from head down 20 degrees to head up 60 degrees). The very good reproducibility of this method is shown. The range of normal values in healthy subjects is compared with those of patients suffering from different venous diseases of the legs. The method enables long-time observations by means of objective functional parameters.