Picking your own coach on video may boost balance, study finds
NCT ID NCT06206668
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looked at whether watching videos of a person you choose doing balance exercises can improve your balance more than watching a standard video. 165 healthy adults participated. They watched balance exercise videos without moving, and their balance was measured before and after. The goal was to see if the type of person in the video makes a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Action observation videos
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward simple, low-cost ways to improve balance without physical exercise.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study in healthy people, so results may not apply to those with balance disorders. Watching videos alone may not be enough to cause real improvement.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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165 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
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.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Tecnològic de Nutrició i Salut Eurecat
Reus, Tarragona, 43203, Spain
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