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. 2013 Aug 5;8(8):e71204. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071204

Figure 1. Moderate fracture.

Figure 1

Degenerative spine showing a moderate (grade 2) wedge shaped fracture (solid arrow), with a reference vertebra immediately cranial (dashed arrow). Anterior, middle and posterior height measurement lines drawn on both. Measurements: For this patient, there is a fracture present, the worst fracture grade is 2, the cumulative fracture grade is 2 and the worst height loss of the fractured vertebra is the anterior height at 25%.