Your Patient Is Having Difficulty Performing Shoulder Abduction from 0 $\degree$

question 4

Multiple Choice

Your patient is having difficulty performing shoulder abduction from 0 to 90 $\degree$ with a cuff weight around his forearm while sitting in a chair. To make the exercise as easy as possible you recommend that he or she move the cuff weight ____________ and perform the activity in a _________ position.

• A) further distal; side-lying
• B) more proximal; side-lying
• C) further distal; standing
• D) more proximal; standing

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