The back, a complex system built to move
The spine — inseparable from the pelvis, head and lower limbs — is a dynamic biomechanical system. Yet its assessment still relies largely on static examinations.
An architecture built for movement
Adapting to bipedalism profoundly reshaped our anatomy: spinal curves and a highly specific pelvis enable upright stance, walking and efficient running. This architecture is far better suited to movement than to stillness.Even standing is never static: it takes place within a cone of balance. And dysfunctions — pain, imbalance, compensations — mainly show up during movement.Yet additional examinations mostly describe anatomy and “static” posture: none, in everyday practice, analysed the back in motion.
Analysing movement is no longer optional. It is a clinical necessity.
Well-known issues, missing tools
Without dynamic analysis, a gap remains between biomechanical knowledge and the means actually available in practice.
Making dynamic analysis accessible in everyday practice
Spineback was born from a simple observation: if the problem is functional and dynamic, the examination should be too.From a single spinal segment — cervical, lumbar… — to the whole supporting column, Spineback analyses movement in real situations, right in the practice, under the practitioner's usual working conditions: simple, interactive, affordable, with a functional, usable and reproducible reading.
Movement, until now hard to objectify, becomes observable, measurable and shareable.
A shift in practice, not in theory
The dynamic approach to the spine is well established conceptually. What was missing was a tool compatible with the constraints of daily practice. Ynnov carried out dedicated technological and methodological development to that end.This is not a laboratory tool transplanted into the practice, but a device designed from the outset for everyday clinical use, with reproducible results that are meaningful for each individual patient.
Science developed alongside practitioners
Spineback was designed and developed in France, in close collaboration with practitioners and reference centres, starting from real clinical situations. Every design choice meets the same requirement: an analysis that is usable, reproducible and interpretable within the time of a consultation.natural integration of dynamic examination into the care pathway;results shared and understood by practitioner and patient alike;quantified, comparative follow-up of functional progress.
In line with leading spine experts
An approach rooted in scientific continuity
Spineback's development builds on a vision of the spine long championed by Professors Jean Dubousset and Jean-Charles Le Huec, who did much to establish the importance of dynamic analysis in understanding spinal disorders.It also draws on the work and expertise of Dr Guillaume Riouallon on hip–spine relationships, and Dr Christian Daulouède in scoliosis and sports medicine.Spineback does not claim a conceptual breakthrough: it offers a concrete, accessible and reproducible implementation of dynamic analysis in everyday clinical practice.