The Effects of Aerobic Exercise Combined With Core Stabilisation Training on Functional Capacity, Physical Performance and Fall Risk in Geriatric Individuals With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain

Patients in the core stabilisation exercise group underwent a total of 24 sessions of core stabilisation exercise programme 3 days a week (with at least 1 day of rest between each session) for a total of 8 weeks. Each exercise session was performed under the supervision of a physician in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. Each session was arranged as 35-minute programmes with an average of 8-10 patients, 5 minutes of which was warm-up. Before starting the exercise, patients were taught to reduce lumbar lordosis by contracting and drawing in the abdominal muscles and to find a lumbar and pelvic neutral position by moving the pelvis forwards and backwards. In each session, the neutral position was found first and attention was paid to maintain the neutral position throughout the exercise. The exercises consisted of 3 levels. The exercise level was completed gradually

The aerobic exercise group underwent core stabilisation exercises applied to the control group. After the core stabilisation exercises, aerobic exercise was performed with a stationary bicycle at a speed of 50 rpm for approximately 40 minutes.