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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Physiotherapy Assistant” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #83 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.8%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Physiotherapy 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%

“Physiotherapy 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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 therapeutic wound care.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

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

Technologies & Software

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