Figure 3.

Controlled fracture experiments performed in bone showed a highly linear relationship between CT-inferred fracture energy and the physically measured energy absorbed in fracture. Inset: The data also showed that fragment sizes correlated with fracture energy, shifting from predominantly larger fragments at lower energies to smaller fragments at higher energies. [Adapted with permission from Anderson DD et al. Quantifying tibial plafond fracture severity: absorbed energy and fragment displacement agree with clinical rank ordering. J Orthop Res. 26:1046-52, 2008.⁴⁰]