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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Rehabilitation Assistant (Rehab Assistant)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #83 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.8%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Rehabilitation Assistant (Rehab 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%

“Rehabilitation Assistant (Rehab 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

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

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

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

Technologies & Software

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