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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Nursing Facility PTA (Nursing Facility 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%

“Nursing Facility PTA (Nursing Facility 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%

“Nursing Facility PTA (Nursing Facility 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

  • 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.

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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  • Sequential compression devices
  • Plumb lines
  • Parallel bars
  • Below-the-knee prosthetics
  • Ankle-foot orthotics
  • Ultraviolet UV phototherapy lamps
  • Cold packs
  • Gait belts
  • Hydrotherapy pools
  • Massage equipment
  • Pick-up walkers
  • Inclinometers
  • Safety gloves
  • Arm prosthetics
  • Crutches
  • Goniometers or arthrometers
  • Rotating bed
  • Interferential electrical stimulation machines
  • Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
  • Portable oxygen equipment
  • Iontopheresis equipment
  • Medicine balls
  • Free weights
  • Hand grips
  • Ultrasound machines
  • Muscle strength dynamometers
  • Medical nasal cannulas
  • Electromyographs EMG
  • Stationary bicycles
  • Powder boards
  • Upper-body isokinetic machines
  • Digital cameras
  • Therapeutic hot packs
  • Intermittent compression units
  • Automated external defibrillators AED
  • Exercise trampolines
  • Body-fat calipers
  • Digital video cameras
  • Personal computers
  • Functional electrical stimulation FES equipment
  • Resistive exercise bands
  • Tablet computers
  • Hi-lo manipulation tables
  • Total lift chairs
  • Balance boards
  • Desktop computers
  • Knee braces
  • Hoyer lifts
  • Ergometers
  • Posture grids
  • Standing tables
  • Patient positioning devices
  • Above-the-knee prosthetics
  • Balance beams
  • Quad canes
  • Notebook computers
  • Reachers
  • Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
  • Stretchers
  • Slings
  • Lavage hydrotherapy equipment
  • Sliding boards
  • Hemi walkers
  • Pelvic traction equipment
  • Whirlpool therapy baths
  • Reflex hammers
  • Swiss exercise balls
  • Pulse oximeters
  • Wrist splints
  • Reciprocating walkers
  • Splints
  • Short wave diathermy devices
  • Wheelchairs
  • Single point canes
  • Standing cages
  • High-voltage galvanic stimulation machines
  • Protective gowns
  • Safety goggles
  • Surgical masks
  • Front-wheel walkers
  • Cardiac monitors
  • Mechanical percussors
  • Back braces
  • Cervical traction equipment
  • Lower-body isokinetic machines
  • Paraffin baths
  • Platform walkers
  • Mechanical stethoscopes
  • Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
  • Sacro-illiac joint lumbar corsets
  • Blood pressure cuffs
  • Tilt tables