Editor’s Update and Selected Articles from the Journal of the Neurological Sciences (JNS)
John D. England, MD
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Neurological Sciences
The Journal of the Neurological Sciences (JNS) is a broad-based journal which publishes articles from a wide spectrum of disciplines, ranging from basic neuroscience to clinical cases. In an upcoming issue of JNS, we will be acknowledging our peer reviewers. The individuals whose names appear in the list have provided peer reviews of manuscripts which were submitted to JNS during the past year. This elite group of individuals from around the world includes some of the best and brightest minds in neuroscience and clinical neurology. They receive no remuneration for their work for the journal and take time from their busy schedules to review our articles. All of the Associate Editors and I thank them for their indispensable work. The journal would not survive without their expert advice. I express my most sincere gratitude to all of the reviewers. They inform and enlighten all of us in the Editorial office and help to make JNS a journal of the highest quality.
In our ongoing attempt to enhance accessibility of JNS articles to members of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN), we have selected two “free – access” articles, which are profiled in this issue of World Neurology.
In this issue, we feature two paired articles regarding the diagnostic accuracy of the famous Babinski sign:
Compared to the reference standard, the Babinski sign had a very high specificity of 99% (CI 97.7-100), but moderately low sensitivity of 50.8% (CI 41.5-60.1) in identifying pyramidal tract dysfunction. These findings indicate that a Babinski sign elicited in a standardized manner by an experienced practitioner has high diagnostic accuracy for identifying pyramidal tract disease. However, in view of the low sensitivity, the absence of a Babinski sign does not rule out pyramidal tract dysfunction.
Jaramillo SPI, Uribe CSU, Jimenez FAC, Cornejo-Ochoa W, Restrepo JFA, Roman GC. Accuracy of the Babinski sign in the identification of pyramidal tract dysfunction. J Neurol Sci 2014;343:66-68.
Sumner AJ. The Babinski sign. J Neurol Sci 2014;343:2.
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