Background: The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and the Fullerton Advanced Balance (FAB) scale have been used to assess balance function in patients with chronic stroke. These clinical balance scales provide information about potential risk factors for falls.
Objects: The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of and risk factors of falls and compare the predictive values of the BBS and FAB scale relative to fall risk in patients with stroke through receiver operating characteristic analysis.
Methods: Sixty-three patients with stroke (faller=34, non-faller=29) who could walk independently for 10 meters participated in this study. The BBS and FAB scale were administered. Then, we verified the cut-off score, sensitivity, specificity, and the area of under the curve.
Results: In this study, the BBS and FAB scale did not predict fall risk in patients with stroke in the receiver operator characteristic curve analysis. A cut-off score of 37.5 points provided sensitivity of .47 and specificity of .35 on the BBS, and a cut-off score of 20.5 points provided sensitivity of .44 and specificity of .45 on the FAB scale.
Conclusion: The BBS and FAB scale were not useful screening tools for predicting fall risk in patients with stroke in this study, but tho

Abstract
 Ⅰ. 서론
 Ⅱ. 연구방법
  1.연구 대상자
  2. 평가 도구
  3. 측정방법
  4. 분석방법
 Ⅲ. 결과
 Ⅳ. 고찰
 Ⅴ. 결론
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• 김인섭(대전보건대학교 물리치료학과, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology) | In-seop Kim
• 남택길(대전보건대학교 물리치료학과, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology) | Taek-gil Nam
• 김경모(대전보건대학교 물리치료학과, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology) | Gyoung-mo Kim Corresponding Author
• 김소정(대전보건대학교 물리치료학과, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology) | So-jeong Kim
• 강정하(대전보건대학교 물리치료학과, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology) | Jeong-ha Kang