Effect of Referent Type on Balance in Action Observation.

NCT ID: NCT06206668

Last Updated: 2024-06-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 165 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-02-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-12-30

Brief 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

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Control Group

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

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Intervention Group with Referent (GIR)

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.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Action observation videos

Intervention Type: OTHER

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

Standard Intervention Group (GIE)

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.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Action observation videos

Intervention Type: OTHER

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

Interventions

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.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University Rovira i Virgili

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Tania López Hernández

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Cristina Adillón Camón, Dra.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University Rovira i Virgili

Locations

Centre Tecnològic de Nutrició i Salut Eurecat

Reus, Tarragona, Spain

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Spain

Central Contacts

Tania López Hernández

Role: CONTACT

tania.lopez@urv.cat

+34620438175

Facility Contacts

Tania López Hernández

Role: primary

tania.lopez@urv.cat

+34620438175

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Other Identifiers

01/2023

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id