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

“Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.” is a core task performed by Physical Therapist Aides. Among the occupation's 19 rated tasks, workers place it 4th by importance (#16 most important). About 94% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Assist individuals with special needs. in Assisting and Caring for Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Clean and organize work area and disinfect equipment after treatment. · importance 4.5
• Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment. · importance 4.5
• Instruct, motivate, safeguard, or assist patients practicing exercises or functional activities, under direction of medical staff. · importance 4.4
• Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment. · importance 4.3
• Observe patients during treatment to compile and evaluate data on patients' responses and progress and report to physical therapist. · importance 4.2
• Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, or heat, light, sound, water, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound. · importance 4.2
• Change linens, such as bed sheets and pillow cases. · importance 4.2
• Record treatment given and equipment used. · importance 4.2
• Transport patients to and from treatment areas, using wheelchairs or providing standing support. · importance 4.2
• Measure patient's range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations. · importance 4.2
• Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms. · importance 4.0
• Schedule patient appointments with physical therapists and coordinate therapists' schedules. · importance 4.0
• Train patients to use orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices. · importance 4.0
• Arrange treatment supplies to keep them in order. · importance 3.9

See all tasks on the Physical Therapist Aides page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-4285,
  title  = {Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-4285}
}