Submited on: 28 Sep 2010 04:11:55 PM GMT
Published on: 28 Sep 2010 09:47:37 PM GMT
 

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    Shoe smelling is a common intervention for epilepsy in India.

    In this short questionaire, a few patients reported improvement of seizure duration after shoe smelling.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    No.

    Jaseja H. Scientific basis behind traditional practice of application of "shoe-smell" in controlling epileptic seizures in the eastern countries. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2008 Jun;110(6):535-8.


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes.


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes. 


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    Exact questionaire question should be provided.


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Methodology is valid.

    Exact questionaire question should be provided.


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    Exact questionaire question


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    no.

    This is a regional, traditional intervention that can most likely not be incorporated into Western medicine.


  • Other Comments:

    NA

  • Competing interests:

  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Our lab works on epilepsy treatment

  • How to cite:  Schulz J A.Review of Shoe-smell Application as a First-aid Interventional Measure in Controlling Epileptic Attacks in an Urban Population in India: A Fortuitous Empirical Finding[Review of the article 'Shoe-smell Application as a First-aid Interventional Measure in Controlling Epileptic Attacks in an Urban Population in India: A Fortuitous Empirical Finding ' by Jaseja H].WebmedCentral 2016;7(10):WMCRW003303
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