# Effects of Roller Massage on Short-Term Passive Muscle Stiffness

> **NCT04571034** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Jeffrey Sykora** · enrollment: 48 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Muscle Tightness

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Sham Therapeutic Ultrasound
- **PROCEDURE:** Medium-Intensity Roller Massage
- **PROCEDURE:** High-Intensity Roller Massage

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04571034
- **Lead sponsor:** Jeffrey Sykora
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-02-09
- **Primary completion:** 2021-07-13
- **Final completion:** 2021-07-13
- **Target enrollment:** 48 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-12-09


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04571034

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04571034, "Effects of Roller Massage on Short-Term Passive Muscle Stiffness". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04571034. Licensed CC0.

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