Effect of Referent Type on Balance in Action Observation. (ROA)

University Rovira i Virgili

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Balance Disorders

Treatments: Other: Action observation videos

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06206668

01/2023

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 165 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be of legal age.
• Have a mobile device.
• Have normal or corrected-to-normal vision.
• Absence of neurological, orthopedic or vestibular disorders.
• Absence of specific balance skills due to competitive sports.
• Obtain a score of 3 or less on the Tegner activity scale.
• Having voluntarily signed the informed consent and being willing to follow the protocol proposed by the research team.

Exclusion criteria

• History of participation in any study with movement representation methods.
• Subjects with impaired communication and/or compression.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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165 participants in 3 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will watch a video of landscapes without human or animal movement.

Intervention Group with Referent (GIR)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will observe actions whose referent has been selected by themselves based on perceived similarity. A total of 16 different videos will be used, with 4 new videos each week. The videos will gradually increase in difficulty as the study progresses. All exercises are exercises used to improve balance.

Treatment:

Other: Action observation videos

Standard Intervention Group (GIE)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will observe actions with a standard reference. In this case, a basic digitally designed faceless doll will be used. A total of 16 different videos will be used, with 4 new videos each week. The videos will gradually increase in difficulty as the study progresses. All exercises are exercises used to improve balance.

Treatment:

Other: Action observation videos