The research group originates from research on spinal cord neural circuitries and spinal motoneurones, which still remains a major focus area, but the group has gradually extended its field of interest first to an understanding of the corticospinal control of human movement and then more broadly to an understanding of the basis of voluntary movement. Many of the present research questions thus relate to how movements are generated at a cortical level and how we consciously perceive our movements. The contribution of unconscious (reflex) contributions to voluntary (conscious) movements, however, remain a fundamental interest.

 Through this work, the research group has obtained considerable knowledge, which may also be used for rehabilitation following brain and spinal cord injury. The group has consequently for some years aimed to utilize this knowledge in practically-oriented clinical rehabilitation projects. For this purpose, we established ´Center for research in Spasticity and Neurorehabilitation´ in 2006. Through this center, we have now established close collaboration with the neurological departments and rehabilitation clinics at the major hospitals in the Copenhagen area and we have a number of ongoing projects with them.

The Helene Elsass center, which is a private center for training of children with cerebral palsy. Research in cerebral palsy has consequently become another of our main research interests and we are striving –together with the Helene Elsass center - to create an active and stimulating research environment for young researchers interested in cerebral palsy.