La fragilidad: un nuevo reto para el médico rehabilitador

Frailty syndrome is a complex clinical syndrome produced by multiple causes and agents, characterised by loss of strength/tolerance for exertion, and a decrease in physiological functioning that increases individual vulnerability to dependency or death. Frailty is considered a stage prior to disability and has therefore become a new challenge for rehabilitation services as they will have to set up screening and early intervention strategies to prevent and treat this syndrome. Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists should be familiar with the main screening tools to detect frailty and to identify this syndrome as a potentially treatable state with a potential prognosis in order to establish individual exercise programmes.