Who is BackScan® for

Innovative spinal assessment tool for Back Treatment

Every back is unique! A professional assessment before, during and after each back treatment is necessary to provide the basis for a suitable course of therapy or even for scientific studies and research.

Every health professional has his/her own way to screen and assess, implying an element of subjective interpretation of the test results. BackScan® is a revolutionary, computer-aided assessment tool to support and back up your diagnostic skills. It objectively and precisely determine the spinal shape and the mobility of each individual spinal segment in the sagittal and frontal planes as well as the total ROM and length of the spine, of the thoracic and the lumbar section. Also the postural compliance of the patient can be immediately tested and all the individual findings can be compared to normative values or towards previous measurements in order to monitor and demonstrate the progress of the back treatment or follow up a pathology.

BackScan® in a nutshell:

• radiation free, objective, fast and easy to use
• easy to interpret graphic documentation
• no contraindications
• accurate, precise and reliable
• easy to transport
• safe for children, pregnant women and elderly people
• increase patient’s/client’s motivation to treatment

BackScan® is the perfect tool to assist and implement the work of professionals involved in Back Treatment like

• Physiotherapists and in rehabilitation training
• Manual therapists and chiropractors
• Osteopaths
• Orthopaedists
• Rheumatologists
• Neurologists and neurosurgeons
• Pain-medicine physicians
• Sport medicine physicians
• In preventive medicine
• Health care at school and at work
• Ergonomics, occupational medicine
• Health, fitness and wellness centres
• Rehabilitation specialists and centres
• Professional and non-professional sports teams and athletes
• Nurses
• Hospitals
• Evidence based medicine
• Scientific and industrial medical research
• Industrial medical care centres
• Insurance companies
• Employers / corporate companies

BackScan® screening shows you:

• Segmental and total alignment (kyphosis – lordosis and lateral movement)
• Segmental and total range of motion (ROM) of TSP, LSP and pelvis
• Length of the spine, thoracic – lumbar and total
• Pelvic tilt
• Spinal dysfunctional posture or mobility (hypo- and hyper mobility – scoliosis)
• Postural performance and function with Matthias test

BackScan® helps to:

• diagnose: find indications for malfunctions and spinal pathologies
• diagnose: spinal dysfunctional posture or mobility
• follow up of back treatment success
• follow up of pathology
• create a personalised exercise plan
• create an anonymous database when used in research and statistic work

BackScan® proves invaluable as a:

• patient communication and education tool
• quality assurance tool of diagnose and back treatment
• outcome measurement tool for health insurance
• marketing tool (patient retention)
• screening tool (school, industry, science)

How BackScan® can improve quality of treatment
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