...Noa Raphaely Beer; Natan M. Bornstein; Nachum Soroker; Michal Katz-Leurer Aim: To describe the response of the cardiac autonomic nervous system to static and dynamic muscle contractions in post ischemic stroke patients 2 and 7 weeks post event, compared with the response of age- and gender-matched...

.... Autonomic Heart rate variability Walking Stroke Activity intolerance is common among patients post stroke. Ambulatory patients are usually able to perform at about 50% of peak oxygen consumption that can be achieved by age- and gender-matched individuals without a history of stroke [ 1...