Muscle group · Lower leg
Peroneals
Musculi fibulares
Reviewed by Dr. Ryan Rietz, D.P.T. and Dr. John Breyman, D.C.
The muscles on the outer side of the lower leg, peroneus longus and brevis, which turn the sole outward and, running behind the lateral malleolus, act as active guy-ropes against the ankle rolling inward.
Also known as
- fibularis muscles
- fibularis group
- peroneal group
- outside of shin