NCT06206668

Effect of Referent Type on Balance in Action Observation.

Effect of Referent Type on Balance in Action Observation in Healthy People: Randomized Clinical Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 165 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Rovira i Virgili · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of the study is to analyze whether observing the actions of a referent selected by the participants improves balance in asymptomatic individuals compared to those who observe a standard referent.

Detailed description

Design: Randomized controlled clinical trial. The primary endpoint of the study was the balance recorded by force platform (estatic) and Y balance test (dynamic). Setting: The participants will be healthy people in the province of Tarragona. Participants: They will be randomly assigned to one of three groups using a computerized randomized list: * Control Group (CG): Participants will watch a video of landscapes without human or animal movement. * Intervention Group with Referent (GIR): Participants will observe actions whose referent has been selected by themselves based on perceived similarity. * Standard Intervention Group (GIE): Participants will observe actions with a standard reference.

Conditions

• Balance Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Action observation videos	The participant will see videos of balance exercises performed by the assigned reference, depending on their group, without performing any physical movement.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-01
• Primary completion: 2024-06-30
• Completion: 2025-01-30
• First posted: 2024-01-16
• Last updated: 2026-03-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain