Economic burden of low muscle strength in Canadian adults

Jean-Philippe Chaput; Ian Janssen; Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga; Grant R Tomkinson; Justin J Lang

doi:10.1139/apnm-2022-0371

Economic burden of low muscle strength in Canadian adults

Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2023 Aug 1;48(8):634-638. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2022-0371. Epub 2023 May 6.

Authors

Jean-Philippe Chaput^{1

2}, Ian Janssen^{3

4}, Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga¹, Grant R Tomkinson⁵, Justin J Lang^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada.
² Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada.
³ School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
⁴ Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
⁵ Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
⁶ Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON K9A 0K9, Canada.
⁷ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.

PMID: 37148565
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2022-0371

Abstract

The economic cost associated with low muscle strength in Canadian adults is unknown. The total annual economic burden of low muscle strength in Canadian adults represents 2.2% of the overall burden of illness costs in 2021. We estimated that $546 million per year would be saved if the prevalence of low handgrip strength was reduced by 10%.

Keywords: economic cost; handgrip strength; healthcare cost; muscular strength; physical fitness; public health.

MeSH terms

Adult
Canada / epidemiology
Financial Stress*
Hand Strength*
Humans
Muscle Strength