@article{ref1,
title="Discriminative and predictive validity of the short-form activities-specific balance confidence scale for predicting fall of stroke survivors",
journal="Journal of physical therapy science",
year="2017",
author="An, SeungHeon and Lee, YunBok and Lee, DongGeon and Cho, Ki-Hun and Lee, Gyuchang and Park, Dong-Sik",
volume="29",
number="4",
pages="716-721",
abstract="[Purpose] The present study aimed to investigate the discriminative validity of the short-form activities-specific balance confidence scale (ABC scale) in predicting falls, and its validity. [Subjects and Methods] 43 stroke survivors were identified as a group with a history of multiple falls (faller group) and a group without or with a history of one falls (non-faller group). The balance confidence was examined using the ABC scale and the short-form ABC scale. Functional abilities were examined with Fugl-Meyer assessment, sit-to-stand test, and Berg balance scale. [Results] The area under the curve of the ABC scale and the short-form ABC scale in predicting fall was>0.77. This result indicates that both examination tools have discriminative validity in predicting falls. Although both tools showed an identical predictable specificity of 72% in the non-faller and faller groups, the short-form ABC scale exhibited a predictable sensitivity of 86% in the faller group, which is higher than that of the ABC scale (71%). [Conclusion] Results of this study showed that the short-form ABC scale is an efficient clinical tool to evaluate and predict the balance confidence of stroke survivors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0915-5287",
doi="10.1589/jpts.29.716",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.29.716"
}