Since its founding in 1977, Texas Back Institute (https://texasback.com/about-us/) has been recognized around the world as a state-of-the-art clinic for spine and neurological treatments. Along with recruiting the best and the brightest spine surgeons and clinicians, the practice has been an important contributor in the development of medical innovations such as artificial disc replacement, treatment for scoliosis, disc fusion and for the testing of many other medical devices on behalf of the Federal Drug Administration.The practice is now earning accolades for its spinal research with the launch of the Spine Biomechanics Laboratory at Texas Back Institute. According to a recent article in the online medical site “Spine Universe,” this team and facility, located in Plano, Texas is “helping patients understand exactly how spine conditions affect their movements and muscle activities, and quantifies how much improvement they have made following spine surgery and other treatments.”One of the leaders of this research effort is Dr. Scott Kutz (https://texasback.com/find-a-physician/name/scott-kutz/), a neurosurgeon at Texas Back Institute. He explained why this research is important to both TBI patients and spine specialists around the world. “From a research perspective, this process is extremely valuable because it allows us, as physicians, to understand what we are accomplishing with surgery. The subjective reporting from patients is not as conclusive. While it is certainly wonderful to have a patient return for follow-up and report that they are feeling better, we need objective measures to prove that what has been done is improving the patient’s health. This research is also important for our practice here at the Texas Back Institute and when it is documented in publications, we can share these results – both good and bad – with other spine specialists around the world.” View full article at www.texasback.com/blog