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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
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Laterally rotating the hip, however, not only alters the muscular torque requirements at the hip, but also reduces the magnitude of knee extensor torque required to maintain complete knee extension. The FABER test was performed by flexing the patient's hip to 90 degrees, laterally rotating and abducting the hip. |
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