background and aim: disequilibrium is a common complaint in the elderly. the activities-specific balance confidence (abc) scale is a suitable tool for assessing the level of confidence in balance whilst performing daily activities. the purpose of the study was translation, cultural adaptation and evaluation of the reliability and validity of the activities-specific balance confidence scale for ...

background and aim: multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of demyelinating lesions in the brain, spinal cord and optic nerve. one of the most debilitating symptoms of multiple sclerosis (ms) patients is impaired balance. thus in people with ms, collecting information about the impact of impaired balance on life style and the disability which is being perceived by the patient is e...

introduction: falling is a common problem after stroke that occurs following the physical and psychological problems. psychological factors such as reduce of self-efficacy in maintain balance could have an equal or even greater contribution than physical problems in falling. therefore, having a suitable tool with acceptable repeatability seems to be necessary for evaluation of individual confid...

BACKGROUND This study provides a replication of the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES) and a head-to-head comparison with the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale designed to include a wider continuum of activity difficulty and more detailed item descriptors. METHODS Items for the newly developed 16-item ABC Scale were generated by 15 clinicians and 12 elderly outpatients. Psychometric ...

Sensitivity/specificity A cut-off score of 67% on the ABC resulted in 84% sensitivity and 87% specificity in correctly classifying fallers and non-fallers in a cross-sectional study of older people living in the community (Lajoie and Gallagher 2004). Reliability High retest reliability for the overall scale and most of the individual items has been reported in samples of community dwelling olde...

conclusions the hindi version of the abc scale demonstrated acceptable measurement properties, showing that abc-h can be used for assessing balance confidence in hindi-speaking, community-dwelling indian older adults. it can be an assessment tool either for clinical management or research. results the normative value of abc-h total score observed in the indian older population (n = 100) was 71%...