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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant (LPTA)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #83 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.8%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant (LPTA)” 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%

“Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant (LPTA)” 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

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

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

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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