Muscle group · Hips
Deep hip rotators
Reviewed by Dr. Ryan Rietz, D.P.T. and Dr. John Breyman, D.C.
The six short muscles lying deep to gluteus maximus — piriformis, the two gemelli, obturator internus and externus, and quadratus femoris — which turn the thigh outward and hold the head of the femur steady in its socket.
Also known as
- deep six
- short external rotators
- lateral rotators of the hip