“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 ...
A new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks — either at home or the doctor’s office — can result in readings “markedly higher” than when your arm is in ...
Researchers concluded that improper arm position could result in 40 to 54 million people being misclassified as having hypertension.
A greater vertical distance between the heart and where the cuff is placed can increase hydrostatic pressure in the arteries, or the pressure of the blood against the wall, due to gravity’s ...
Investigators suggest that not following arm support guidelines during blood pressure screening could have a substantial ...
A new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks — either ... on a table with the middle of the cuff positioned at heart level. This suggests that ...