Abstract: There are so many ways of assessment on balance, among which scale assessment is the most used method. This article introduced the frequently used balance assessment scales in clinical medicine and researches, such as Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Tinetti Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment (Tinetti POMA), Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT), Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale(ABC), Brunel Balance Assessment (BBA), Dynamic Gait Index(DGI), Functional Gait Assessment(FGA), Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BEST), and the researches of reliability and validity on those scales. The reliable and valid tools to assess balance and gait are suggested for clinical medicine.

Key words: balance, assessment, scale, review