Rate My Professor Anthony Schneiders

Professor Anthony Schneiders serves as Head of College - Health Sciences in the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences at Central Queensland University, based at the Bundaberg campus. He possesses extensive academic qualifications, including a PhD from the University of Otago, MSc, Postgraduate Diploma in Manipulative Therapy from Curtin University, Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching, and Diploma in Physiotherapy. Prior to his appointment at CQUniversity, Schneiders held senior academic positions at the University of Otago School of Physiotherapy, where he contributed to teaching and research in physiotherapy.

Schneiders' scholarly work centers on sports physiotherapy, encompassing injury epidemiology, functional movement screening, return-to-sport decision-making, and management of sports-related concussions. His publications have made substantial contributions to the field, notably the '2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern,' published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, which has received over 1,195 citations. Additional prominent papers include 'Do functional movement screen (FMS) composite scores predict subsequent injury? A systematic review with meta-analysis' (2017, over 350 citations), 'How reliable are Functional Movement Screening scores? A systematic review of rater reliability' (2016, over 160 citations), and 'A valid and reliable clinical determination of footedness' (2010, over 170 citations). These works have influenced clinical guidelines and practices in sports physical therapy worldwide, promoting evidence-based approaches to athlete rehabilitation and injury prevention. Schneiders has supervised doctoral research on topics such as pharmacological interventions in mild traumatic brain injury models and patient-reported outcome measures in chiropractic care. In teaching excellence, he earned a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in the 2022 Australian Awards for University Teaching, recognizing his innovative physiotherapy simulation methods that bridge classroom learning to clinical practice, enhancing student confidence and readiness.