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ES recovery-related interventions represent an alternative and potentially useful way of restoring sports performance after intense exercise because they are practical, relatively cheap and quite beneficial for promoting perceptual (not physiological) recovery. Many athletes are, however, still reluctant to apply ES to their muscles mainly because of the discomfort induced by the electrical current, and therefore its use for recovery purposes should be proposed on an individual basis (and according to expectations). There is limited research in this area, particularly on upper limb muscles and in female athletes, and further efforts are required to demonstrate the physiological effectiveness and the biological basis of the analgesic and psychological effect of ES
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