A new study finds that the way your arm is positioned during a blood pressure reading can skew measurements, sometimes ...

Certain commonly used arm positions may result in inaccurately high blood pressure readings and lead to a misdiagnosis of ...

An inaccurate reading due to poor arm position could lead to misdiagnosis of high blood pressure or unnecessary treatment. As ...

“One of my hopes is that this will help inform patients as to how to do this on their own and also to tell their health care ...

Using an ill-fitting cuff leads to inaccurate results, but it’s important for people with hypertension to keep a close eye on ...

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

While hypertension has been known to impair lung function, the mechanism involved was not clearly understood until now, the ...

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The researchers found that when people had their arms hanging by their sides during the reading, their systolic pressure was ...

Researchers concluded that improper arm position could result in 40 to 54 million people being misclassified as having hypertension.

A new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks can result in readings 'markedly ...

A clinical trial found blood pressure readings were higher with the arm on the lap or along the side, compared with supported at heart height.