fa استفاده از ابزارهای سنجش تعادل برای پیش‌بینی ترس از افتادن در افراد مبتلا به سکته مغزی مزمن، با و بدون سابقه افتادن کاردرمانی Occupational Therapy پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>Background and Objective:</strong> Fear of falling is a major problem among people suffering from stroke. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between functional balance (FB) and fear of falling (FOF) in chronic stroke patients with and without history of falling and to identify the best measurement tool for FB which can assess the FOF in these patients.<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> Eighty-two participants with chronic stroke with the mean age of 54.90 (&plusmn;11.30) years participated in this non-experimental cross sectional study. They were divided into faller and non-faller groups based on their history of falling during the last month. The FB was measured by Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Dynamic Gait Index (DGI), Tinetti Balance Test, and Functional Reach Test (FRT). The Persian versions of the self-completed Fall Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) and Activity-specific Balance-Confidence scale (ABC) were used to evaluate FOF.&nbsp;<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The results of this study showed that the correlation between FES-I with FRT, BBS, DGI and Tinetti Balance Test were -0.38, -0.67, -0.44 and -0.62, in faller group and -0.11, -0.59, -0.31 and -0.24 in non-faller group. The correlation between ABC and FRT, BBS, DGI and Tinetti Balance Test were 0.58, 0.48, 0.68 and 0.57 in faller group and 0.17, 0.55, 0.45 and 0.44 in non-faller group. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that BBS was the best predictor for FOF (which explained 25% and 31% of total variance of FES-I and ABC in faller group as well as 68% and 42% of total variance of FES-I and ABC in non-faller group).<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The results of this study showed a low to moderate correlation between FB and FOF in both groups of faller and non-faller chronic stroke patients. Furthermore, BBS seems to be the best functional balance measurement to predict FOF in these patients.<br> &nbsp;</span></div> Chronic stroke, Fear of falling, Functional balance 19 28 http://fdj.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-27-6&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Shamsi Jamali شمسی جمالی 1003194753284600739 1003194753284600739 No Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran گروه کاردرمانی، دانشکده توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران، تهران، ایران Akram Azad اکرم آزاد 1003194753284600740 1003194753284600740 No Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran گروه کاردرمانی، دانشکده توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران، تهران، ایران Ghorban Taghizadeh قربان تقی‌زاده 1003194753284600741 1003194753284600741 Yes Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran گروه کاردرمانی، دانشکده توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران، تهران، ایران