Axial length targets for myopia control

• Published in: Ophthalmic & physiological optics Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 523 - 531
• Main Authors: Chamberlain, Paul, Lazon de la Jara, Percy, Arumugam, Baskar, Bullimore, Mark A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age composition; axial length; Axial Length, Eye - diagnostic imaging; Axial Length, Eye - physiopathology; Child; Children; Clinical trials; Contact lenses; Disease Management; Elongation; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Myopia; Myopia - diagnosis; Myopia - physiopathology; myopia control; Physiology; Risk factors; Time Factors; myopia; axial length; children; myopia control; contact lenses

Purpose Both emmetropic and myopic eyes elongate throughout childhood. The goals of this study were to compare axial elongation among untreated progressing myopes, progressing myopes treated with a myopia control contact lens and emmetropes, in order to place axial elongation in the context of norma...