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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

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

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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