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To address this issue, we propose an uncertainty-aware probabilistic fusion post-processing framework for continuous wrist motion estimation. The proposed approach decouples regression and uncertainty modeling, enabling plug-in compatibility with feature-based regression models. A local Gaussian process regression (LGPR) model is employed to estimate predictive uncertainty from a sliding feature window. The instantaneous regression output is then fused with the LGPR prediction through a Bayesian-inspired Gaussian formulation, resulting in a closed-form adaptive gain that dynamically adjusts smoothing strength according to predictive variance. 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