A recent Johns Hopkins University study found small details like where your arm is positioned or how you’re sitting could make a big difference in the accuracy of your blood pressure reading—and in ...

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.

The position of both the body and the arm during indirect blood pressure (BP) measurement is often neglected. The aim of the present study was to test the influence of the position of the patient on ...