Authors : Dhanashri Patil; Anurag Mehta; Jaywant Nagulkar

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 10 - October

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26Oct464

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Abstract : This comparative study evaluated the effect of Surged Faradic Current (SFC) and Interferential Therapy (IFT), both combined with Ischemic Compression Therapy (ICT), on pain in young adults with active myofascial trigger points of the rhomboid muscle.

Keywords : Electrotherapy; Interferential Therapy; Ischemic Compression; Myofascial Trigger Point; Numeric Pain Rating Scale; Pain; Rhomboid Muscle; Surged Faradic Current.

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