Is a wrist cuff blood pressure monitor advisable for self-measurement?
Anova Medical wrist devices measure blood pressure reliably when the following instructions are followed. 1) The person using the wrist blood pressure monitor must be seated by a desk or table; 2) the monitor is placed on the open-hand side of the wrist and the cuff is properly tightened (see the next question and answer regarding proper tightening); 3) the wrist with the blood pressure monitor is held open-hand side up, unbent and steady at the height of the heart (this is easily accomplished by placing the elbow of the arm with the blood pressure monitor on the desk or table top while resting the forearm on the white plastic storage case of the wrist heart rate monitor.
