Exam 39: Multisystem Clinical Implications of Impaired Breathing Mechanics and Postural Control

If a patient is to work on strengthening muscles to help with expansion of the anterior abdominal wall,how should the therapist position the patient?

The primary muscles involved in the soda can model of respiratory and postural control include which group?

Shallow breathing is the result of injury to or from which of the following?

Changes to the child's thorax from 3 to 6 months of age include which of the following?

Which of the following is not a function of the diaphragm?

Paradoxical breathing type I has the end result of upper chest wall collapse because of which of the following muscular functions?

When should correction of imbalances of the thoracic muscles be initiated?

Why is pectus excavatum is the end result of continued function of the upper respiratory and diaphragm breathing?

The soda can model of respiratory and postural control outlines the needs for which of the following organ systems?

Which anatomical valves represent the superior and inferior valves of the soda can model of respiratory and postural control?

Type II of paradoxical breathing characterized by intact upper respiratory muscles.Why does this type of breathing usually require some form of ventilatory support?

Patients with which form(s)of compensatory breathing patterns need assistance from a ventilator?

A child with pronounced muscle imbalance from lying in the recumbent position does not have which of the following?

Infants typically breathe in one plane compared with adults,who typically breathe in three planes.Reasons for this include all of the following except which statement?

Which of the following is not the cause of symmetrical breathing patterns?

How can the pelvic floor influence one's ability to cough?

Which of the following strategies may be used to optimize thoracic development?

Which of the following is not a distinguishing characteristic of types I and II paradoxical breathing?

The inefficiency of the diaphragm in patients with lung disease,who have greater pressure in the thoracic cavity than in the abdominal cavity,stems from which of the following?

Breathing for an infant from 3 to 6 months of age includes which of the following?