Table 1 Summary of clinical features observed in 23 patients with OLF
Symptoms | number of cases |
|---|---|
numbness and sensory deficit | 22 |
lower-limb weakness and gait disturbance | 21 |
Low-back pain | 8 |
"squeezing tight band" around chest or abdomen | 6 |
neurological claudication | 4 |
leg pain | 12 |
fecal & urinary incontinence | 18 |
knee and ankle hyperreflexia | 18 |
positive patellar and ankle clonus | 14 |
positive Babinski sign | 15 |