A new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks — either at home or the doctor’s ...

People may end up misdiagnosed with high blood pressure simply because their arm is in the wrong position when a reading is ...

There are standardized guidelines for how a patient should be sitting when that measurement is done. However, a new study published by researchers at Johns Hopkins University is showing what happens ...

Blood pressure readings are a key to evaluating your risk of cardiovascular disease. But a new study finds that even small ...

New research shows that different arm positions can produce different blood pressure readings. Blood pressure readings taken ...

Certain arm positions -- supported on a lap or hanging by the side of the body -- led to significant overestimation of blood pressure readings compared with standardized positioning, a randomized ...

Incorrect arm positioning during blood pressure measurement can overestimate readings, potentially leading to misdiagnosis ...

People who have been diagnosed with high blood pressure may want to check again. That’s because many commonly used arm positions for blood pressure checks can lead to inaccurately high readings, ...

A study reinforces the importance of supporting the arm and placing the BP cuff at heart level, as guidelines recommend.

Commonly used arm positions (lap and side) for measuring blood pressure (BP) can overestimate readings, according to a study ...

Thirty minutes before a person checks their blood pressure, they should not smoke, drink caffeinated beverages and use the washroom ahead of time, and should avoid trying to measure it if the ...

The study demonstrates how the hand position can influence discrepancies in blood pressure readings, leading to wrong medical decisions.