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Purpose: To analyze the effect of home-visiting physical therapy, after applying a stabilization exercise program that can easily be performed at home by professionals to chronic stroke patients and analyzing balance ability, daily life movements, and pulmonary function. Methods: A sample of 30 patients diagnosed with hemiparesis due to stroke was assigned to two groups: a group that received on-site physical therapy (group I) and a group that received on-site physical therapy combined with trunk stabilization exercise (group II). After the intervention twice a week for eight weeks, the balance ability, daily life movements, and pulmonary function of the subjects were measured. A paired-sample t-test was performed to determine differences before and after intervention within the groups, and analysis of covariance was performed to determine differences between the groups. Results: After the intervention, the Berg balance test score, MBI score, and lung function increased in both groups, with a statistically significant pre-post difference (p<.05). In the comparison between groups, the Berg balance test score, MBI score, and lung function increased more significantly in group Ⅱ than in group Ⅰ, showing a statistically significant difference (p<.05). Conclusion: It was found that an intervention combining home-visiting physical therapy and trunk stabilization exercises increases more efficiently the balance ability, ability to perform activities of daily living, and pulmonary function in stroke patients at home.