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One year after surgery, patients were stratified into two groups based on knee flexion: Group F (over 120\u2218) and Group NF (below 120\u2218). Patient backgrounds including age, body mass index, hip knee angle, preoperative range of motion for both extension and flexion, intraoperative center joint-gap measurements of 0\u2218, 30\u2218, 45\u2218, 60\u2218, 90\u2218, and 120\u2218 of knee flexion using a tensor, intraoperative anterior-posterior (AP) laxity measurements of 30\u2218 and 90\u2218 of knee flexion using an instrumental laximeter were compared between the groups. Univariate analyses between the groups were used to construct the initial model. The receiver operating characteristic curve was also analyzed. The predictive variables included in the final model were selected by stepwise backward elimination. RESULTS: Intraoperative AP laxity with 30\u2218 of knee flexion smaller than 10.8 mm was a significant positive prognostic factor (OR: 1.39, 95% CI: 1.08\u20131.79, P= 0.011) of postoperative ROM over 120\u2218 of knee flexion one year after surgery. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV were 70.9%, 82.4%, 92.9%, and 46.7%, respectively. 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