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supination

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supination [‚sü·pə′nā·shən]
(anatomy)
Turning the palm upward.
Inversion of the foot.
(control systems)
The orientation and motion of a robot component with its front or unprotected side facing upward and exposed.
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Chronic ailments such as shin splints, ilio-tibial band syndrome and peri-patellar pain are attributed variously to excessive pronation, supination, and shock loading of the limbs (Siff and Verkhoshansky, 1999, p.
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On the other hand, the contrary of pronation is supination.
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Myers TH, Zemanovic JR, Andrews JR (2005): The resisted supination external rotation test.
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