Objectives: to investigate the predictive validity and reliability of the STRATIFY falls risk
assessment tool as applied to patients recovering from acute stroke. Design: prospective …

Objective: To investigate whether the Prediction of Falls in Rehabilitation Settings Tool
(Predict FIRST) and motor function could be used to identify people at risk of falling during …

Background and Purpose Falls are a major complication in inpatient stroke rehabilitation. An
important issue in preventive strategies is the early identification of those at risk. This study …

A fall risk index has previously been developed to identify fall-prone individuals in stroke
rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to validate the predictive accuracy of the index …

Background: falls are common following a stroke, but knowledge about predicting future
fallers is lacking. Objective: to identify, at discharge from hospital, those who are most at risk …

Purpose: To evaluate effectiveness of fall-risk-assessment-based fall prevention for stroke
rehabilitation inpatients. Method: A consecutive series of 232 patients admitted for the first …

We aimed to identify determinants in acute stroke that are associated with falls during the
stroke unit stay. In order to enable individualized preventive actions, this knowledge is …

Objective: To evaluate relative accuracy of a newly developed Stroke Assessment of Fall
Risk (SAFR) for classifying fallers and non-fallers, compared with a health system fall risk …

Alemdaroğlu E, Uçan H, Topçuoğlu AM, Sivas F. In-hospital predictors of falls in community-
dwelling individuals after stroke in the first 6 months after a baseline evaluation: a …

Background and Purpose The identification of stroke patients who are prone to falls is
essential to the development of prevention strategies. This study aimed at developing an …