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Inclusion Criteria: * The inclusion criterion for the first group is patients with SD with inflammatory characteristics. * The inclusion criterion for the second group is patients complaining of discomfort upon activity. Exclusion Criteria: * The exclusion criteria of the first group included: 1. patients with a history of local trauma 2. patients with surgical intervention, 3. neuromascular deficits, 4. chronic chest disease * Exclusion criteria for the second group were: 1. a history of AS or 2. other systemic autoimmune/ rheumatologic disease.