Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the leading cause of disability in the world. At present, rehabilitation training after stroke mainly focuses on the recovery of motor function, but the weakening of respiratory muscle strength and accompanied by diaphragm and abdominal muscle dysfunction in stroke patients, which leads to respiratory muscle dysfunction, can affect the rehabilitation process of stroke patients. The improvement of respiratory muscle strength plays an important role in rehabilitation training of patients with stroke. This review demonstrates the effect of breathing training on the prognosis of patients with stroke and the intervention methods of breathing training and its observational indicators, aiming at discussing the application value of breathing training in patients with stroke and providing basis for its further clinical application.