Cologne Center for Musculoskeletal Biomechanics (CCMB)

The Center was founded in 2013 as a scientific cooperation between the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne and the German Sport University Cologne and is an interface between basic and clinical research with the purpose of a pragmatic translational research (“From bench to bedside and back”). The research focuses of the CCMB are musculoskeletal injuries and diseases. The center is composed of different institutes from both universities in order to concentrate expertise and to create synergies. The research of the diverse disciplines on musculoskeletal injuries and diseases will be collated complementing each other. The Center serves as a place for cooperation and dialogue between research and clinic.

Goals of the CCMB

To improve the musculoskeletal health and the ability of a patient through:

• Interdisciplinarity
• Multi-scale research
• Translational research

Founding Institutions

Dept. of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Cologne
Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne
Institute of Biomechanics and Orthopaedics, German Sport University Cologne

Involved Departments and Institutes

Medical Faculty, University of Cologne
Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (ZMMK)
Center of Experimental Medicine
Institute of Legal Medicine
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Institute of Radiology
Center for Anatomy
Center for Biochemistry
German Sport University Cologne
Institute of Biomechanics and Orthopaedics