ReviewGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2020
Stopping the rise of myopia in Asia.
Review in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04666870 (Shanghai Guanghua Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, Guanghua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China), which is not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Shanghai Guanghua Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, Guanghua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
Who cites it
46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digital Screen Time and Myopia: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review: Virtual-reality-based techniques for human exercises and health improvement.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of atropine to control myopia progression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC ophthalmology · 2020Pooled it
- Efficacy of low-concentration atropine (0.01%) eye drops for prevention of axial myopic progression in premyopes.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2022Trial
- Identifying potential therapeutic targets for high myopia via a case-control study and Mendelian randomisation analyses of the human blood metabolome.Eye (London, England) · 2026Article
- Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals lipid metabolism disorders in the retina in spontaneous high myopia.Biology direct · 2026Article
- Vitamin DBiomolecules · 2026Article
- Targeting the Hedgehog Signaling Pathway in the Retina Using Quercetin-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles for Myopia Control.Translational vision science & technology · 2026Article
- Visual field progression in Asian glaucoma patients: a 10-year stratified cohort analysis from a national health system with universal coverage.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026Article
- Changes in horizontal and vertical peripheral refraction and their predictive value for myopia control after orthokeratology: a 2-year prospective study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Risk Factors and Cumulative Risk of Comorbid Myopia and Obesity Among Children and Adolescents in Southern China: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Factors protecting against progression of myopia in school students exposed to societal change in Vietnam: a 3-year cohort study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Quantitative Anterior Segment SD-OCT Assessment of the Iridocorneal Angle in Chinese Patients with Open-Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension: An Observational Study.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Contributions from light level and spectral content on refractive development in young rabbits.International journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Analysis of the association between reading and writing postures and comorbidity of myopia and scoliosis in junior middle school students.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Progression of myopia among school-aged children in Guangzhou, China.International journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Cross-population validation of the PreMO risk indicator for predicting myopia onset in children.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2025Article
- Relationship between dry eye disease and myopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Refractive Errors, Amplitude of Accommodation, and Myopia Progression in Kazakhstani Medical Students: 5-Year Follow-Up.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Anterior chamber and angle characteristics in Chinese children (6-11 years old) with different refractive status using swept-source optical coherence tomography.BMC ophthalmology · 2024Observational
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Abstract
This review discusses the rapid rise of myopia among school-age children in East and Southeast Asia during the last 60 years. It describes the history, epidemiology, and presumed causes of myopia in Asia, but also in Europe and the United States. The recent myopia boom is attributed primarily to the educational pressure in Asian countries, which prompts children to read for long hours, often under poor lighting and on computer screens. This practice severely limits the time spent outdoors and reduces exposure to sunlight and far vision. As a consequence, the eyes grow longer and become myopic. In a breakthrough study in Taiwan, it has been found that by increasing the time spent outdoors, the incidence of new myopia cases was reduced to half when children were sent onto the schoolyard for at least 2 h daily. This protection is attributed to the light-induced retinal dopamine, which blocks the abnormal growth of the eyeball. Once myopia has set in, low-dose atropine and orthokeratology have shown positive results in slowing myopia progression. Also, prismatic bifocal lenses and specially designed multifocal soft contact lenses have recently been tested with promising results. Treatment, however, must be initiated early as the disease progresses once it has started, thereby enhancing the risk for severe visual impairment and ultimately blindness.
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