Objective and Hypothesis Cutaneous microvascular reactivity was investigated in chronic stroke survivors by comparing vasodilatory responses in the paretic and non-paretic legs to matched controls. It was hypothesized that vasodilatory responses would be blunted in the paretic leg of stroke survivors vs. the non-paretic leg and controls. Methods Cutaneous vascular conductance to local heating was measured in 20 stroke survivors and 20 controls using laser-Doppler flowmetry probes with integrated