Myopia

PN Baird, SM Saw, C Lanca, JA Guggenheim… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2020 - nature.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy in myopia control

NA Brennan, YM Toubouti, X Cheng… - Progress in retinal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (DIMS) spectacle lenses slow myopia progression: a 2-year randomised clinical trial

CSY Lam, WC Tang, DY Tse, RPK Lee… - British Journal of …, 2020 - bjo.bmj.com
Aim To determine if 'Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments'(DIMS) spectacle lenses slow
childhood myopia progression. Methods A 2-year double-masked randomised controlled …

[HTML][HTML] The risks and benefits of myopia control

MA Bullimore, ER Ritchey, S Shah, N Leveziel… - Ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose The prevalence of myopia is increasing around the world, stimulating interest in
methods to slow its progression. The primary justification for slowing myopia progression is …

IMI–interventions for controlling myopia onset and progression report

CF Wildsoet, A Chia, P Cho… - … & visual science, 2019 - iovs.arvojournals.org
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 …

One-year myopia control efficacy of spectacle lenses with aspherical lenslets

J Bao, A Yang, Y Huang, X Li, Y Pan, C Ding… - British Journal of …, 2022 - bjo.bmj.com
Aims To evaluate the 1-year efficacy of two new myopia control spectacle lenses with
lenslets of different asphericity. Methods One hundred seventy schoolchildren aged 8–13 …

Update and guidance on management of myopia. European Society of Ophthalmology in cooperation with International Myopia Institute

J Németh, B Tapasztó, WA Aclimandos… - European Journal …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Interventions to slow progression of myopia in children

JJ Walline, KB Lindsley, SS Vedula… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Nearsightedness (myopia) causes blurry vision when one is looking at distant
objects. Interventions to slow the progression of myopia in children include multifocal …

IMI–clinical management guidelines report

KL Gifford, K Richdale, P Kang, TA Aller… - … & visual science, 2019 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Best practice clinical guidelines for myopia control involve an understanding of the
epidemiology of myopia, risk factors, visual environment interventions, and optical and …