The importance of the fibula is often overlooked. For example, when sacrificing the fibula to
provide autologous bone grafts or when leaving the fibula out of analyses of ankle
biomechanics, we choose to prioritize other clinical concerns above the functional role of the
fibula. Yet, the human fibula is critically important to lower limb mechanics. As part of only
two orders in the animal kingdom with mobile fibulae (namely, Disclosure: The authors have
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