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Two hundred seventy-four patients who underwent primary ARCR were included. At 3\u00a0months after surgery, criteria for shoulder stiffness was set as follows: (1) passive forward flexion\u2009&lt;\u2009120\u02da, or (2) external rotation at side\u2009&lt;\u200930\u02da. Patients with preoperative stiffness or who underwent additional procedures were excluded. Patients-related, radiological (muscle atrophy and fatty infiltration), and intraoperative (tear size, repair techniques, number of anchors used, and synovitis scores) risk factors were analyzed. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify risk factors for postoperative stiffness. Thirty-nine of 274 patients (14.2%) who underwent ARCR developed postoperative stiffness. Univariate analyses revealed that early postoperative stiffness was significantly associated with diabetes mellitus (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.030). 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