Clinical Usefulness of Oral Supplementation with Alpha-Lipoic Acid, Curcumin Phytosome, and B-Group Vitamins in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Undergoing Surgical Treatment

Table 3

Results of Tinel’s and Phalen’s tests (secondary study endpoints) in the four study visits.

Group A

Group B

Group C

𝑇0

𝑇1

𝑇2

𝑇3

𝑇0

𝑇1

𝑇2

𝑇3

𝑇0

𝑇1

𝑇2

𝑇3

Positive Tinel’s test, (𝑛)

60 (100%)

60 (100%)

18 (30%)*

10 (16.6%)*

58 (96.6%)

57 (95%)

14 (23.3%)*

8 (13.3%)*

57 (95%)

57 (95%)

15 (25%)*

12 (20%)*

Positive Phalen’s test, (𝑛)

56 (93.3%)

57 (95%)

16 (26.6%)*

12 (20%)*

51 (85%)

51 (85%)

12 (20%)*

4 (6.6%) ^*†

53 (88.3%)

55 (91.7%)

13 (21.7%)*

8 (13.3%)*

Data are expressed as counts and percentages. Statistically significant differences between Group A and Group B at the 𝑇₃ visit are marked in bold. ^∗𝑃<0.001 versus baseline. ^†𝑃<0.05 versus Group A at 𝑇₃.