There remains a dearth of scientifically documented evidence about the effects of massage on muscle tone mainly due to non-availability of sensitive and reliable tool for objective measurement of tone. Presently, H-reflex is considered as reliable tool to objectively measure motoneuronal excitability hence muscle tone. The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the effects of 6 minutes of effleurage massage and 6 minutes of kneading massage on muscle tone as measured by changes in amplitude of H-reflex recordings. Seventeen healthy volunteers (8 male, 9 female, = 26.53 +- 5.67 years of age) participated in the study. H-reflexes were recorded immediately before and after application of massage technique, peak to peak amplitude of ten H- reflexes was selected for analysis. The Student’s t- test was used for comparison of pre and post-massage values of H-reflex amplitude and also for comparison between mean difference values for H-reflex amplitude of both massage interventions. Significant decrease in H-amplitude was observed after 6 min of effleurage massage (t=3.57, p=0.05), reduction in H-amplitude albeit non-significant was also observed after 6 min of kneading massage(t=0.69, p=0.05). Further comparison of mean difference values of H-amplitude for both massage techniques showed non-significant differences (t- 1.99, p=0.05) hence neither of massage technique proved to be effective over other in decreasing reflex activity of muscle.