Now add to the list a relatively common faux pas: holding your arm in the wrong position. A trial from ... of such a preventable oversight. For example, for a patient whose systolic blood pressure ...

For example, people who have hypertension ... it’s important to know how you hold your arm actually matters. A recent study says a certain arm position—resting it on a surface—gives the ...

in placing the arm at ... For example, in Table 3 the proportion of "hypertensive" subjects by common insurance criteria (140/90) rose from 10/139 (7.2 per cent) at position 1 to 19/139 (13.7 ...

The size of the difference, nearly 7 points in the arm dangling position, was a surprise ... prescribed medications they don’t need. For example, if a person’s actual blood pressure is ...

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 ...

Now add to the list a relatively common faux pas: holding your arm in the wrong position. A trial from researchers at ... could be misleading because of such a preventable oversight. For example, for ...