Study	Reason for exclusion
Banfi 2008	This was a cohort study involving 10 male athletes
Brand 2010	No WBC intervention
Chen 1996	Unclear if intervention is WBC (from abstract). Although unable to source full text or to contact the authors, it is unlikely to be WBC as the intervention lasted for 15 minutes
Ferreira‐Junior 2014c	No primary outcomes
Gailiera 2013	No primary outcomes
Guilhem 2013	Treatment not WBC (‐30°C air pulse cryotherapy)
Hausswirth 2013	No primary outcomes
Lapier 1995	No WBC intervention
Schaal 2013	No outcomes relating to DOMS. This study incorporated active recovery in a swimming pool with WBC
Schaal 2015a	No outcomes relating to DOMS
Selfe 2014	No outcomes relating to DOMS
Smolander 2004	No primary outcomes
Szpotowicz‐Czech 2014	No primary outcomes
Utsunomiya 2010	No WBC intervention
Venter 2014	No WBC intervention
Wechsler 2014	No primary outcomes (conference abstract only)
Ziemann 2012	No primary outcomes