REVIEW article

Front. Neurol.

Sec. Stroke

Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1592797

A Narrative Review of Interventions for Post-Stroke Frailty: Current Advances and Future Directions

Provisionally accepted
xiaowen  fanxiaowen fanyi  xiayi xiashengwang  xushengwang xushulei  jiashulei jia*
  • Nanchang University, Nanchang, China

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Frailty affects the health outcomes of stroke patients. Timely identification of the progression of frailty in stroke patients and intervention play a crucial role in prognosis. This article reviews domestic and international literature on frailty interventions for stroke patients, focusing on the definition of stroke combined with frailty, frailty staging, and the effects of exercise, nutritional, cognitive, and psychosocial interventions, and medication management on the prognosis of stroke. The aim is to provide a reference for improving the prognosis of stroke patients with frailty.

Keywords: Frail, Stroke, intervention, review, nutrition

Received: 13 Mar 2025; Accepted: 17 Jun 2025.

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* Correspondence: shulei jia, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China

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