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 ...

Researchers say their findings underscore the importance of adhering to clinical guidelines, which call for firm arm support ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Researchers compared blood pressure readings taken while people head their arms three different ways, which showed certain ...

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

Dr. Victoria Weston, emergency medicine physician, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk ...