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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2026

A 120° Preoperative Knee Flexion Cutoff Identifies Patients Likely to Achieve Postoperative Flexion ≥ 120° and Clinically Meaningful Flexion Gain After Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Mitsuhiko Kubo, Tsutomu Maeda, Kosuke Kumagai, Yasutaka Amano, Yuki Nosaka, Kazuhiro Uenaka, Hitomi Fujikawa, Sadafumi Horikawa, Taku Kawasaki, Shinji Imai

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Mitsuhiko KuboDepartment of Sports and Musculoskeletal Pain Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu 520-2192, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2766-5937
Tsutomu MaedaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu 520-2192, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6934-0877
Kosuke KumagaiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu 520-2192, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4392-9795
Yasutaka AmanoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu 520-2192, Japan.
Yuki NosakaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu 520-2192, Japan.
Kazuhiro UenakaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu 520-2192, Japan.
Hitomi FujikawaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu 520-2192, Japan.
Sadafumi HorikawaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu 520-2192, Japan.
Taku KawasakiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu 520-2192, Japan.
Shinji ImaiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu 520-2192, Japan.

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knee functionpatient-reported outcome measurepatient satisfactionrange of motiontotal knee arthroplasty

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