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Fourteen participants with SIS, and 14 without SIS were recruited through convenient sampling in this study. Transcranial magnetic stimulation assessment of the scapular muscles was performed while the participants were holding their arm at 90 degrees scaption. The motor-evoked potential (MEP), active motor threshold (AMT), latency of MEP, cortical silent period (CSP), activated area and center of gravity (COG) of cortical mapping were compared between groups using the Mann-Whitney U tests. The SIS group demonstrated following significances, higher AMTs of the lower trapezius (SIS: 0.60 \u00b1 0.06; Comparison: 0.54 \u00b1 0.07,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.028) and the serratus anterior (SIS: 0.59 \u00b1 0.04; Comparison: 0.54 \u00b1 0.06,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.022), longer CSP of the lower trapezius (SIS: 62.23 \u00b1 22.87 ms; Comparison: 45.22 \u00b1 14.64 ms,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.019), and posteriorly shifted COG in the upper trapezius (SIS: 1.88 \u00b1 1.06; Comparison: 2.76 \u00b1 1.55,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.048) and the serratus anterior (SIS: 2.13 \u00b1 1.02; Comparison: 3.12 \u00b1 1.88,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.043), than the control group. 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