“We know that arm position affects the blood pressure reading, what this study does is gives us a more precise measure of just how much this has an impact,” Dr. Nichola Davis, vice president ...

Certain arm positions during blood pressure checks may lead to inaccurate readings, a new study finds. Researchers discovered ...

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In a report on the study, which was published Oct. 7 in JAMA Internal Medicine, investigators examined the effects of three different arm positions: an arm supported on a desk, arm supported on a lap, ...

In a clinical trial, researchers investigated the effect that different arm positions had on blood pressure readings, which consist of two numbers. The first, the systolic, represents the blood ...

How you position your arm during blood pressure checks can have an impact on the accuracy of the readings. Having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks can substantially ...