Abstract
In order to find out what kind of physical changes there are in students during physical therapy clinical training, we measured body weight, body fat volume, body water volume and PWC150 as an index of physical strength immediately before and after clinical training, and analyzed the changes for relationships with clinical training results. The results were that no changes could be seen in body weight and PWC150 before and after clinical training; however, body fat volume was significantly increased and body water volume was significantly decreased. Furthermore, in addition to these physical changes, because a correlation was found between changes in body water volume and clinical training results, it is presumed that present clinical training, particularly in respect of results, not only changes students' body composition during clinical training, but likely also has some effect on their physical condition.
