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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2011 Sep 18;35(1):43–47. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.08.002

Table 3.

Proportion of participants with low balance confidence during different tasks on ABC-6

Controls
(N = 82)		 ET Cases with Head Tremor
(N = 15)
ABC 1 (stand on your tiptoes and reach for something) 10 (12.2%) 3 (20.0%)
ABC 2 (stand on chair and reach for something) 19 (23.2%) 8 (53.3%)*
ABC 3 (bumping into people on a crowded sidewalk) 8 (9.8%) 3 (20.0%)
ABC 4 (stepping on or off an escalator while holding the railing) 6 (7.3%) 3 (20.0%)
ABC 5 (stepping on or off an escalator while not holding the railing) 20 (24.4%) 7 (46.7%)
ABC 6 (walking on icy sidewalks) 27 (32.9%) 10 (66.7%)*

Low confidence was defined as a score ≤ 50%.

*

p < 0.05 when compared with controls.

ABC-6 = Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale.