What is your technique for simulating and treating patients who have difficulty lying fully supine (due to shortness of breath, pain, or other symptoms despite optimal medical management)?  

For this situation we designed and prototyped a slantboard in collaboration with Q-Fix that can immobilize in a full head and shoulder mask in a up-tilted position. We published a case report of our first patient treated clinically in this way. Qu, Singer, Chen et al. Slant board immobilisation of h...

Patients who are unable to lie flat present a challenge since we are so accustomed to treating patients in the fully supine position. There are a few simple things to check. I've found many patients will initially say they cannot lie flat but then with some coaching from the therapists they are able...