Myopia, also known as short-sightedness or near-sightedness, is a very common condition
that typically starts in childhood. Severe forms of myopia (pathologic myopia) are associated …

Risk factor analysis provides an important basis for developing interventions for any
condition. In the case of myopia, evidence for a large number of risk factors has been …

Importance Reducing myopia progression can reduce the risk of associated ocular
pathologies. Objective To evaluate whether spectacle lenses with higher lenslet asphericity …

Myopia has been predicted to affect approximately 50% of the world's population based on
trending myopia prevalence figures. Critical to minimizing the associated adverse visual …

The prevalence of myopia is increasing extensively worldwide. The number of people with
myopia in 2020 is predicted to be 2.6 billion globally, which is expected to rise up to 4.9 …

The results of many studies in a variety of species have significantly advanced our
understanding of the role of visual experience and the mechanisms of postnatal eye growth …

Orthokeratology (ortho-k) is the process of deliberately reshaping the anterior cornea by
utilising specialty contact lenses to temporarily and reversibly reduce refractive error after …

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 …

Myopia has emerged as a major health issue in east Asia, because of its increasingly high
prevalence in the past few decades (now 80–90% in school-leavers), and because of the …

The prevalence of myopia in children is increasing worldwide and is viewed as a major
public health concern. This increase has driven interest in research into myopia prevention …