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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Outpatient Physical Therapist Assistant” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #83 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.8%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Outpatient Physical Therapist 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%

“Outpatient Physical Therapist 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

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

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

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

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

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

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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