Blood pressure readings may not be accurate unless a person’s arm is positioned correctly, a new study suggests. A comparison of blood pressure readings taken while people held their arms three ...

You might want to arm yourself with this knowledge. The position of your arm could significantly increase your blood pressure readings, according to a study just published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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 ...

Share on Pinterest Research suggests some arm positions may give inaccurate blood pressure readings. Design by MNT; Photography by manassanant pamai/Getty Images An accurate blood pressure reading is ...

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 ...

Margaret Graham, 74, has her blood pressure checked while visiting the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Friday, July 13, 2018. 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 readings “markedly higher” than when your arm is in ...

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. In a ...