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external rotation

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external rotation,
turning outwardly or away from the midline of the body, such as when a leg is externally rotated with the toes turned outward or away from the body's midline.
external rotation
Lateral rotation Biomechanics The act of turning about an axis passing through the center of the leg; ER of the leg occurs with closed chain supination; the talus acts as an extension of the leg in frontal and transverse planes
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During the back swing, the left knee ( for a righthander) is forced into external rotation of the shin bone and stress is put on the knee.
BOUNCING BACK by Mail Today (New Delhi, India)
The second position is the same, but with full external rotation (palm up).
An evaluation of the anatomic basis of the O'Brien active compression ... by Green, R.A.; Taylor, N.F.; Mirkovic, M.; Perrott, M. / New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy
Leetun et al (2004) demonstrated that females have less hip external rotation and abduction strength than men.
Females with patellofemoral pain syndrome have weak hip muscles: a ... by Prins, Maarten R.; van der Wurff, Peter / Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
 
 
 
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