Abstract:Objective To explore the influence of aerobic and resistance exercises on elderly patients with cerebral infarction. Methods Eighty cases of elderly patients with cerebral infarction treated in our hospital were selected as the study objects, and randomly divided into study group and control group with 40 cases in each group. The patients of the control group did aerobic exercise, and those of the study group did aerobic and resistance exercises. Autonomic nervous function was observed in the two groups. Results Some of the heart rate variability (HRV) indexes including total power (TP), high-frequency power (HF), normalized highfrequency power (HFn) after intervention were higher than those before intervention in the two groups (p <0.05), and the above indexes of the study group were higher than those of the control group (p < 0.05).However, low-frequency power (LF), normalized low-frequency power (LFn), and LF/HF were decreased after intervention (p < 0.05), and they were lower in the study group than in the control group (p < 0.05). Blood pressure variability (BPV) indexes such as TP, HF, HFn, LF and LFn decreased after intervention in both groups (p < 0.05), and the above indexes of the study group were lower than those of the control group (p <0.05). After intervation, low-frequency baroreflex sensitivity (BRS LF) in the study group was higher than that in the control group (p < 0.05). Conclusions Aerobic and resistance exercises can adjust tension of sympathetic and vagus nerves in the elderly patients with cerebral infarction, and balance cardiovascular autonomic function.