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The term “joint play” is important in the theoretical understanding of manual medicine in Europe. Joint play is the sum of the passive involuntary range of movement in a joint. There are two kinds of involuntary movements: passive movement in the same direction as active angular movements, and uncontrolled movements along a plane tangential to the joint surface in directions not given (translatory movements).
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Wolff, H.D. (1984). The Theory of Joint Play: Distance and Coherence. In: Greenman, P.E. (eds) Concepts and Mechanisms of Neuromuscular Functions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69779-1_15
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