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This study aimed to investigate the effects of gluteal muscle strengthening exercise- based core stabilization training (GSE-based CST) on pain, function, fear-avoidance patterns, and quality of life in patients with chronic back pain. Methods: This study included 34 patients with non-specific chronic low back pain. Seventeen individuals each were included in GSE-based CST and control groups. The GSE-based CST group performed GSE and CST for 15 min, three times a week for four weeks, and the control group performed CST for 30 min a day, three times a week for four weeks. The numeric pain rating scale was used to evaluate pain before and after treatment, Roland\u2013Morris disability questionnaire was used to evaluate function, fear-avoidance beliefs questionnaire was used to evaluate fear-avoidance patterns, and quality of life was measured using the short form-36. Results: In this study, pain, function, and fear-avoidance pattern decreased significantly in both groups (All p &lt; 0.05). During the evaluation of quality of life, both groups showed significant increase in physical and mental factors (p &lt; 0.05). There were significant differences in pain and quality of life (p &lt; 0.05) between the GSE-based CST and control groups. Conclusions: Therefore, GSE-based CST can be used as a basis for effective intervention to enhance pain, function, fear-avoidance patterns, and quality of life, emphasizing the need for gluteal muscle strengthening exercises in patients with non-specific chronic back pain in the future.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina60060849","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,23]],"date-time":"2024-05-23T09:58:47Z","timestamp":1716458327000},"page":"849","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Effects of Gluteal Muscle Strengthening Exercise-Based Core Stabilization Training on Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Seung-Eon","family":"Ahn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3100-3995","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mi-Young","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9766-6068","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Byoung-Hee","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2028","DOI":"10.1002\/art.34347","article-title":"A systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain","volume":"64","author":"Hoy","year":"2012","journal-title":"Arthritis Rheum."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e643","DOI":"10.1097\/PR9.0000000000000643","article-title":"The International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: As valid in 2018 as in 1979, but in need of regularly updated footnotes","volume":"3","author":"Treede","year":"2018","journal-title":"Pain Rep."},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"760","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.1992.03490060092030","article-title":"What can the history and physical examination tell us about low back pain?","volume":"268","author":"Deyo","year":"1992","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"ref_4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"581","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(99)01312-4","article-title":"Epidemiological features of chronic low-back pain","volume":"354","author":"Gb","year":"1999","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_5","first-page":"26","article-title":"Back pain","volume":"67","author":"Ehrlich","year":"2003","journal-title":"J. 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