When the arm is on the lap or the side, a blood pressure reading can be erroneously high. But when the arm is supported and at heart height, a blood pressure reading is more likely to be right.

AP Photo/Allen G. Breed PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- 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 ...

They’re up in arms! Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine say accurate blood pressure readings depend on proper arm positioning — and many patients and practitioners are getting it wrong.

“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 ...

BOSTON - How your arm is positioned when you get your blood pressure checked can make a big difference in the reading, a new study says. The proper or gold standard way to measure someone's blood ...

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