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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Home Care Physical Therapy Assistant” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #83 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.8%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Home Care Physical Therapy Assistant” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 57% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

48%

“Home Care Physical Therapy Assistant” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 48% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Physical Therapist Assistants, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Assist physical therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with state laws, assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a physical therapist. Generally requires formal training.

Avg. Annual Salary $67,160
Avg. Hourly Wage $32.29
Available Jobs (US) 108,010
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Physical Therapist Assistants #31-2021
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Physical Therapist Assistants”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Clean work area and check and store equipment after treatment.

  • Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.

  • Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.

  • Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.

  • Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.

  • Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.

  • Prepare treatment areas and electrotherapy equipment for use by physiotherapists.

  • Instruct patients in proper body mechanics and in ways to improve functional mobility, such as aquatic exercise.

  • Train patients in the use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices.

  • Administer traction to relieve neck or back pain, using intermittent or static traction equipment.

  • Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.

  • Perform postural drainage, percussions, or vibrations or teach deep breathing exercises to treat respiratory conditions.

  • Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provide results to physical therapist in person or through progress notes.

  • Document patient information, such as notes on their progress.

  • Attend or conduct continuing education courses, seminars, or in-service activities.

  • Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

  • Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms.

  • Monitor operation of equipment and record use of equipment and administration of treatment.

  • Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

Technologies & Software

  • Billing software
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Virtual reality game software
  • SpectraSoft AppointmentsPRO
  • Client caseload management software
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • Bookkeeping software
  • dBASE
  • Knees Software PT DocTools
  • PhysioTools Tools RG
  • Laboratory information system LIS
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Summit Software CarePoint
  • DeepSeek
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Email software
  • Accounting software
  • BioEx Systems Exercise Pro
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Beaver Creek Software The THERAPIST
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Medical condition coding software
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Nuance DAX (Microsoft)
  • Arena Health Systems Phys-X
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • FileMaker Pro
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Word processing software
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Microsoft Word
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Video game software
  • Scheduling software
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • TherAssist
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite
  • SpectraSoft DocuPRO
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Eazy Application Systems QuickEMR
  • Medical nasal cannulas
  • Lower-body isokinetic machines
  • Body-fat calipers
  • Quad canes
  • Cervical traction equipment
  • Hi-lo manipulation tables
  • Muscle strength dynamometers
  • Resistive exercise bands
  • Electromyographs EMG
  • Sequential compression devices
  • Interferential electrical stimulation machines
  • Notebook computers
  • Therapeutic hot packs
  • Rotating bed
  • Mechanical percussors
  • Functional electrical stimulation FES equipment
  • Digital cameras
  • Gait belts
  • Ultrasound machines
  • Sliding boards
  • Upper-body isokinetic machines
  • Below-the-knee prosthetics
  • Pick-up walkers
  • Hemi walkers
  • Mechanical stethoscopes
  • Wrist splints
  • Hoyer lifts
  • Sacro-illiac joint lumbar corsets
  • Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
  • Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
  • Single point canes
  • Knee braces
  • Whirlpool therapy baths
  • Hydrotherapy pools
  • Exercise trampolines
  • Back braces
  • Inclinometers
  • Reciprocating walkers
  • Personal computers
  • Pelvic traction equipment
  • Desktop computers
  • Front-wheel walkers
  • Stationary bicycles
  • Patient positioning devices
  • Total lift chairs
  • Wheelchairs
  • Massage equipment
  • Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
  • Pulse oximeters
  • Intermittent compression units
  • Platform walkers
  • Protective gowns
  • Balance boards
  • Automated external defibrillators AED
  • Reachers
  • Cardiac monitors
  • Lavage hydrotherapy equipment
  • Balance beams
  • Paraffin baths
  • Medicine balls
  • Ankle-foot orthotics
  • Standing tables
  • Safety gloves
  • Stretchers
  • Standing cages
  • Digital video cameras
  • Iontopheresis equipment
  • Slings
  • Reflex hammers
  • Portable oxygen equipment
  • Posture grids
  • Swiss exercise balls
  • Goniometers or arthrometers
  • Crutches
  • Above-the-knee prosthetics
  • Tilt tables
  • Powder boards
  • Short wave diathermy devices
  • Cold packs
  • Parallel bars
  • Plumb lines
  • Blood pressure cuffs
  • Safety goggles
  • Ergometers
  • Arm prosthetics
  • Hand grips
  • Splints
  • Ultraviolet UV phototherapy lamps
  • High-voltage galvanic stimulation machines
  • Tablet computers
  • Free weights
  • Surgical masks