“…The protocols used in the studies for inducing muscle damage varied both on the anatomical region and the type of equipment used for evaluation. Thus, in relation to the anatomical site, the studies varied between systemic protocols (23.1%) [24,29,33,34,37,40] or localized, in the latter case 8 studies (30.8%) applied upper limb damage protocol [18,21,22,25,28,30,32,35]; 11 studies (42.2%) lower limbs [7-11, 23, 26, 27, 31, 37] and one study (3.8%) with exercise in the temporomandibular joint [33]. Regarding the equipment used for comparation of the results, two studies (7.7%) used the isokinetic dynamometer [37,39], 17 studies (65,4%) used conventional weight machines [7-11, 18, 21-23, 25-28, 31, 32, 35] and 6 studies (23.1%) performed aerobic exercises, lasting more than 30 minutes [24,29,33,34,37,40].…”