There is rapidly expanding interest in interventions to slow myopia progression in children
and teenagers, with the intent of reducing risk of myopia-associated complications later in …

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 …

Importance Because studies have suggested that atropine might slow the progression of
myopia in children, randomized clinical trials are warranted to understand this potential …

Myopia is the commonest ocular abnormality but as a research topic remains at the margins
of mainstream ophthalmology. The concept that most myopes fall into the category of …

Background Nearsightedness (myopia) causes blurry vision when one is looking at distant
objects. Interventions to slow the progression of myopia in children include multifocal …

Aims To determine if 'Defocus Incorporated Soft Contact'(DISC) lens wear slows childhood
myopia progression. Methods A 2-year double-blind randomised controlled trial was carried …

Purpose.: Our prospective study was conducted to compare axial length elongation in
myopic children receiving long-term overnight orthokeratology (OK) treatment to those …

Purpose: To model juvenile-onset myopia progression as a function of race/ethnicity, age,
sex, parental history of myopia, and time spent reading or in outdoor/sports activity. Methods …