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

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