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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “SNF PTA (Skilled 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%

“SNF PTA (Skilled 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%

“SNF PTA (Skilled 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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

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

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

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

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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