Refractive Error and Visual Acuity Changes in Orthokeratology Patients

• Published in: Optometry and vision science Vol. 84; no. 5; pp. 410 - 416
• Main Authors: CHEUNG, SIN WAN, CHO, PAULINE, CHUI, WAN SANG, WOO, GEORGE C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2007
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Circadian Rhythm; Contact Lenses; Eyeglasses; Humans; Myopia - physiopathology; Myopia - rehabilitation; Myopia - therapy; Refractive Errors; Treatment Outcome; Visual Acuity

To evaluate the refractive error and visual acuity (VA) at various contrast levels in the two eyes of overnight orthokeratology (ortho-k) subjects, and to compare their postortho-k VA with the best corrected VA of spectacle-wearing control subjects matched for age, gender, and initial refractive err...