RecruitingNCT07681999

Detection of Early Scapular Dyskinesis

Detection of Early Inflammatory Versus Early Mechanical Scapular Dyskinesis


Sponsor

Tanta University

Enrollment

100 participants

Start Date

Jun 19, 2026

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

This study is a prospective blind contrast between periscapular muscle thickness measured with MSUS in patients with early AS in comparison to patients with mechanical dyskinesis and to correlate it with EMG findings.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria2

  • treatment-naïve patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), who fulfilled the Assessment of Spondylarthritis Society (ASAS) criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (ax-SpA)
  • Inclusion criterion for the second group (non-AS individuals) was patients complaining of discomfort upon activity.

Exclusion Criteria7

  • patients with a history of local trauma
  • and/or surgical intervention,
  • neuromascular deficits,
  • chronic chest disease and
  • other inflammatory autoimmune/rheumatologic conditions.
  • a history of AS or
  • other systemic autoimmune/ rheumatologic disease.

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Locations(1)

Faculty of medicine, Tanta University

Tanta, Egypt

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