Cryotherapy was ineffective in both studies above-mentioned. However both of them presented limitations that ought to be mentioned. Pointon et al. (2011)13 used a small sample (10 athletes), and evaluated knee extensors, and in light of a study of Chen, Lin, Chen et al. (2011)15, it is known that knee extensors are more resistant to EIMD than other muscle groups (knee flexors and elbow flexors), which may have compromised the results. Johar (2012)14 recruited male and female participants that respond differently to EIMD16,17, and performed a single session of ice at 48 h after the muscle damage protocol, which does not seem to be sufficient to accelerate the recovery18,19 . A recent investigation20 reported that a higher frequency of application
