Can action observation modulate balance performance in healthy subjects?

Table 2 Table shows mean and standard deviation values of Center of Pressure (CoP) Sway Path Length and Sway Area before (T0) and after (T1) training in each group for posturographic tests with eyes open and closed

	CO			AO			BT			AOT				p^# CO vs AO	p^# CO vs BT	p^# CO vs AOT	p^# AO vs BT	p^# AO vs AOT	p^# BT vs AOT
Balance Test	T0	T1	p^§	T0	T1	p^§	T0	T1	p^§	T0	T1	p^§	p*	p^# CO vs AO	p^# CO vs BT	p^# CO vs AOT	p^# AO vs BT	p^# AO vs AOT	p^# BT vs AOT
CoP Sway Path Length eyes open (mm)	767.02 ± 120.37	783.96 ± 119.73	0.65	818.19 ± 99.64	784.62 ± 116.72	0.10	802.61 ± 77.72	750.14 ± 71.03	0.01	766.08 ± 86.32	710.61 ± 65.56	< 0.001	0.15	0.33	0.04	0.04	0.44	0.44	0.95
CoP Sway Path Length eyes closed (mm)	1139.35 ± 226.96	1139.79 ± 178.20	0.97	1138.92 ± 593.31	1091.31 ± 220.96	0.22	1213.40 ± 219.62	1088.13 ± 165.50	0.004	1122.54 ± 252.01	1057.50 ± 179.55	0.12	0.36	0.57	0.13	0.53	0.53	0.66	0.57
CoP Sway Area eyes open (mm²)	1945.20 ± 675.74	1924.34 ± 559.98	0.82	2180.27 ± 593.37	1936.18 ± 481.36	0.02	1947.27 ± 472.17	1845.19 ± 508.95	0.08	1885.15 ± 427.41	1682.13 ± 468.50	0.01	0.41	0.38	0.62	0.38	0.64	0.76	0.64
CoP Sway Area eyes closed (mm²)	4343.04 ± 1742.13	4237.84 ± 1549.17	0.91	4168.93 ± 1404.93	3907.92 ± 1730.11	0.19	4783.75 ± 1997.22	4045.85 ± 1474.02	0.02	4156.97 ± 1559.61	3690.60 ± 1494.24	0.22	0.50	0.75	0.672	0.75	0.67	0.78	0.75

p^§ referred to Wilcoxon test; p* referred to Kruskal Wallis test; p^# referred to Mann Whitney test
p values were adjusted for multiple comparisons using the linear step-up procedure of Benjamini and Hochberg (False Discovery Rate controlling adjustment)
AO action observation group, AOT action observation training (AO plus imitation) group, BT balance training group, CO control group, CoP Center of Pressure

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