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?

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If a patient is weak and needing additional resistance to work against,the best position would be to have the patient lay supine so he or she can work against gravity.Lying prone would be a gravity-assisted position; sitting and side-lying is a gravity-eliminated position.

If a Patient Is to Work on Strengthening Muscles to Help