Possible roles of lower leg muscles involved in foot eversion during swing phases of gait

Abstract

A group of nine youthful gymnasts without a medical history was trained by warm-up exercises four times weekly intended to reinforce peroneus muscles. After four weeks this group performed the single-leg standing balance on board longer than a control group exercising with non-specific warm-ups. Evertor muscles reinforcement might therefore be used to prevent so-called “inversion traumatisms”.