Research · Randomized controlled trial
Alpha-lipoic Acid After Median Nerve Decompression at the Carpal Tunnel: A Randomized Controlled Trial
What it found
ALA did not improve nerve conduction or the Boston score, but significantly reduced postoperative pillar pain.
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial
- Year
- 2017
- Sample size
- 64
- Population
- patients undergoing open carpal tunnel (median nerve) decompression (32 ALA, 32 placebo)
- Intervention
- alpha-lipoic acid for 40 days after surgery vs placebo
- Outcome
- nerve conduction velocity, Boston Carpal Tunnel score, pillar pain
- Journal
- The Journal of Hand Surgery
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.