Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale
Test information Chart #: DOS:
Instructions

For each of the following, please indicate your level of confidence in doing the activity without losing your balance or becoming unsteady from choosing one of the percentage points on the scale form 0% to 100%. If you do not currently do the activity in question, try and imagine how confident you would be if you had to do the activity. If you normally use a walking aid to do the activity or hold onto someone, rate your confidence as if you were using these supports.

0%    10    20    30    40    50    60    70    80    90    100%
no confidence                              completely confident

# Activity Confidence
1 Walk around the house
2 Walk up or down stairs
3 Bend over and pick up a slipper from the front of a closet floor
4 Reach for a small can off a shelf at eye level
5 Stand on your tiptoes and reach for something above your head
6 Stand on a chair and reach for something
7 Sweep the floor
8 Walk outside the house to a car parked in the driveway
9 Get into or out of a car
10 Walk across a parking lot to the mall
11 Walk up or down a ramp
12 Walk in a crowded mall where people rapidly walk past you
13 Are bumped into by people as you walk through the mall
14 Step onto or off an escalator while you are holding onto a railing
15 Step onto or off an escalator while you are holding onto a railing step onto or off an escalator while holding onto parcels such that you cannot hold onto the railing
16 Walk outside on icy sidewalks
Score
ABC Score:

0%

 Scoring Information
80% high level of physical functioning
50-80% moderate level of physical functioning
< 50% low level of physical functioning