The difficulty of exercises can be controlled with the depth of immersion and the body's physiological response to hydrostatic pressure.According to Barbosa and colleagues, which of the following best describes a proper progression of a patient's exercise program in order to increase physiological demands?
A)Land exercises to aquatic chest depth to hip depth
B)Aquatic hip depth to neck depth to land exercises
C)Alternate land exercises with aquatic chest depth exercises
D)Aquatic chest depth to hip depth to land exercises

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According to Barbosa and colleagues, a proper progression of a patient's exercise program in order to increase physiological demands is to start with aquatic chest depth exercises, followed by hip depth exercises, and then progress to land exercises. This allows for an increasing level of hydrostatic pressure and physiological demand on the body. Therefore, choice D, which follows this progression, is the best choice.

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