A review of current concepts of the etiology and treatment of myopia

J Cooper, AV Tkatchenko - Eye & contact lens, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Myopia occurs in more than 50% of the population in many industrialized countries and is
expected to increase; complications associated with axial elongation from myopia are the …

IMI–Clinical myopia control trials and instrumentation report

JS Wolffsohn, PS Kollbaum… - … & visual science, 2019 - iovs.arvojournals.org
The evidence-basis based on existing myopia control trials along with the supporting
academic literature were reviewed; this informed recommendations on the outcomes …

High myopia–partial reduction ortho-k: a 2-year randomized study

J Charm, P Cho - Optometry and Vision Science, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To investigate if the combination of partial reduction (PR) orthokeratology (ortho-k)
and spectacles for residual refractive errors in the daytime was effective to slow myopic …

Axial eye growth and refractive error development can be modified by exposing the peripheral retina to relative myopic or hyperopic defocus

A Benavente-Pérez, A Nour… - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2014 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: Bifocal contact lenses were used to impose hyperopic and myopic defocus on the
peripheral retina of marmosets. Eye growth and refractive state were compared with …

Corneal reshaping and myopia progression

JJ Walline, LA Jones, LT Sinnott - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009 - bjo.bmj.com
Background/aims: Anecdotal evidence indicates that corneal reshaping contact lenses may
slow myopia progression in children. The purpose of this investigation is to determine …

One‐year results of the variation of orthokeratology lens treatment zone (VOLTZ) study: a prospective randomised clinical trial

B Guo, SW Cheung, R Kojima… - … and Physiological Optics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To present the 1‐year results of the Variation of Orthokeratology Lens Treatment
Zone (VOLTZ) Study, which aims to investigate the myopia control effect of orthokeratology …

Atropine 0.01% eyedrops significantly reduce the progression of childhood myopia

TY Clark, RA Clark - Journal of ocular pharmacology and …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Purpose: Atropine 0.01% eyedrops have been shown to slow childhood myopic
progression in primarily Asian populations. We studied its effects on an ethnically diverse …

The control effect of orthokeratology on axial length elongation in Chinese children with myopia

MJ Zhu, HY Feng, XG He, HD Zou, JF Zhu - BMC ophthalmology, 2014 - Springer
Background To retrospectively compare axial elongation in children with different degrees of
myopia wearing spectacles and undergoing ortho-k treatment. Methods The medical records …

A randomized trial of the effect of soft contact lenses on myopia progression in children

JJ Walline, LA Jones, L Sinnott… - … & visual science, 2008 - iovs.arvojournals.org
purpose. Soft contact lenses have been reported to increase the progression of myopia. The
purpose of this study was to determine whether soft contact lenses affect the progression of …

Optical changes and visual performance with orthokeratology

AN Nti, DA Berntsen - Clinical and experimental optometry, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Orthokeratology has undergone drastic changes since first described in the early 1960s. The
original orthokeratology procedure involved a series of lenses to flatten the central cornea …