Medical Technology Research Centre
Dr Robbins is a Senior Lecturer, School of Allied Health and Social Care Research Lead, Undergraduate Medicine Research Lead, and Lead of the Biomechanics, Optics, Robotics and Imaging Research Group (BORI), part of ARU's Medical Technology Research Centre (MTRC). He has specialist knowledge of the structure and function of the human body, focussing on peripheral neurophysiology and vascular function. He is also a Clinical Biomechanist within the Mid and South Essex NHS Trust.
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Before joining ARU, Dr Robbins taught at multiple higher education institutes, including the University of Greenwich, University of Bedfordshire and Imperial College London.
Prior to working in academia, Dr Robbins worked in clinical exercise, specialising in corrective exercise; his experience in the leisure industry included working within a GP referral scheme and interacting with health professionals such as physiotherapists and complementary therapists.
After leaving the leisure industry, Dr Robbins worked for the NHS at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in the department of Clinical Neurophysiology. This position involved performing intraoperative monitoring of surgical procedures, such as operations on the spine and/or peripheral nerves and working within outpatient clinics investigating muscle and nerve dysfunction via electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction studies (NCS).
Zhu, Y., Xiao, M., Robbins, D., Wu, X., Lu, W. and Hou, W. (2024) 'Walking representation and simulation based on multi-source image fusion and multi-agent reinforcement learning for gait rehabilitation', Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 156, 102945.
French, C., Robbins, D., Gernigon, M. and Gordon, D. (2024) 'The effects of lower limb ischaemic preconditioning: a systematic review', Frontiers in Physiology, 14, 1323310.
McKenna, M., Elghazaly, H., Bergman, H., Wingate, L., Robbins, D., Davies, A. H. and Thapar, A. (2023) 'Meta-analysis of duplex surveillance following lower limb endovascular intervention', Journal of Endovascular Therapy, 15266028231215215.
Tomelleri, A., van der Geest, K. S., Khurshid, M. A., Sebastian, A., Coath, F., Robbins, D., ... and Dasgupta, B. (2023) 'Disease stratification in GCA and PMR: state of the art and future perspectives', Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 19(7), pp. 446-459.
Zhu, Y., Lu, W., Zhang, R., Wang, R. and Robbins, D. (2022) 'Dual-channel cascade pose estimation network trained on infrared thermal image and groundtruth annotation for real-time gait measurement', Medical Image Analysis, 79, 102435.
Hawkey, A. and Robbins, D. (2020) 'Effects of vibration on mechanical efficiency during cycling', Asian Exercise and Sport Science Journal, 4(2).
Bedford, S., Robbins, D. and Fletcher, I. (2018) 'Effects of an Active Warm Up and Warm Up Massage on Agility, Perceived Exertion, and Flexibility in Tennis Players', Journal of Science and Medicine in Tennis, 23(2), pp. 16-22.
Howard, L., Poynter, C., Barry-Wilson, S. and Robbins, D. (2017) 'Taping pressures of experienced and novice MSK therapists', GJSEPER, 5, Suppl. 1: S179.
Bateman, C., Carter, C., Hammond, L. and Robbins, D. (2017) 'Hip rotation & footprint index', GJSEPER, 5, Suppl. 1: S165.
Bedford, S. and Robbins, D. (2016) 'The Acute Effects of Massage Are Not Detrimental To Grip Strength in Sub- Elite Racquet Players', Journal of Medicine and Science in Tennis, 21(1), pp. 24-27.
Robbins, D., Yoganathan, P. and Goss-Sampson, M. (2014) 'The influence of whole body vibration on the central and peripheral cardiovascular system', Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 34(5), pp. 364-9.
Lindley, S., Robbins, D. and Robinson, A. (2022) 'Assessment of Muscle Function'. In: Chockalingam, N. (Ed.) (2022) Technologies and Techniques in Gait Analysis: Past, present and future. Institution of Engineering & Technology, 1st ed., pp. 109-138.
Robbins, D. (2022) 'Muscle Biomechanics'. In: Innocenti, B. and Galbusera, F. (Eds.) (2022) Human Orthopaedic Biomechanics. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Robbins, D. and Goss-Sampson, M. (2016) 'Skeletal Articulations and Movement'. In: Rieger, T., Jones, B. and Jiménez, A. (Eds.) (2016) EuropeActive's Essentials for Personal Trainers. Illinois: Human Kinetics.
Robbins, D. (2014) 'An introduction to signal processing using MatLab and Microsoft Excel'. In: Naik, G. R. (Ed.) (2014) Applications, Challenges, and Advancements in Electromyography Signal Processing. Antwerp: IGI Global.
Robbins, D. and Zeinstra, E. (2014) 'Muscle Action'. In: Rieger, T., Naclerio, F., Jiménez, A. and Moody, J. (Eds.) (2014) Foundations for Exercise Professionals. Illinois: Human Kinetics.