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Predicting Falls Using the Stroke Assessment of Fall Risk Tool.

Christine YangBahareh Bahram GhaediT Mark CampbellNicole RutkowskiHillel Finestone
Published in: PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation (2020)
SAFR was significantly associated with fall risk and had better discrimination between fallers and non-fallers than Morse. The neurologic-specific hemi-neglect component of SAFR, a component not present on the Morse, was a fall risk factor. Further research evaluating the predictive value of fall scales that include neurologic deficits is needed.
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