Patients with chronic lumbago

Patients without chronic lumbago

P value

More than moderate postural instability (%)

33.3

19.4

0.14

Scoliosis (%)

52.3

16.1

0.03

Falls (%)

38.1

16.1

0.07

Edema (%)

23.8

9.7

0.17

Urinary incontinence (%)

33.3

3.2

0.02

Wearing off (%)

28.6

22.6

0.62

Poor response to antiparkinson drug (%)

47.6

25.8

0.11

Pain other than lumbus (%)

33.3

3.2

0.03

Psychosis (%)

33.3

25.8

0.56

Sensory abnormalities (%)

38.1

16.1

0.07