Inflammopharmacology
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Inflammopharmacology · Aug 2013
Editorial Biography Historical ArticleProfessor Barrie Vernon-Roberts, AO, MD, BSc, PhD, FRCPath, FRCPA, FAOrthA (Hon), FRS.SA.
This issue of Inflammopharmacology contains papers that have been submitted to commemorate the life and work of Professor Barrie Vernon-Roberts, an outstanding clinical scientist in the field of bone pathology and its pharmacological regulation. This review briefly summarizes his major works and achievements as well as a list of his publications.
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In their systematic review, Zhang et al. evaluate randomized controlled trials on the efficacy of Botulinum toxin type A (BoNTA) in helping patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Scoring each trial according to the Jadad scale they note that the studies range from 1 to 5 with an average of 4.1, which they interpret as a testimony of the high quality of the studies included. Unfortunately, we cannot share the author's enthusiasm, as a perfect Jadad score of 5 is no guarantee that a study is of good quality.