ArticleOphthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists)2021
The impact of spectacle lenses for myopia control on visual functions.
Article in Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07780851 (Wearing Behavior and Short-Term Changes in Axial Length in Children With Myopia Wearing Myopia Control Spectacle Lenses), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Wearing Behavior and Short-Term Changes in Axial Length in Children With Myopia Wearing Myopia Control Spectacle Lenses
Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The impact of spectacle correction on the well-being of children with vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive error: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Visual Performance of Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments With Triple Enhanced Design Spectacle Lenses Versus DIMS and Single Vision Lenses.Translational vision science & technology · 2026Trial
- The Impact of Myopia Control Spectacle Lens Designs on Visual Function.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026Trial
- Effect of Increased Power and Asphericity of Highly Aspherical Lenslets on Myopia Control Efficacy: A Contralateral Crossover Study.Translational vision science & technology · 2025Trial
- Effect of Individualized Ocular Refraction Customization Spectacle Lens Wear on Visual Performance in Myopic Chinese Children.Translational vision science & technology · 2024Trial
- Comparison of effectiveness of four myopia control interventions in Chinese children: a real-world retrospective study.Eye and vision (London, England) · 2026Article
- Impact of Myopia Control Spectacle Lenses on Visual Functions in Young Adults: A Comprehensive Evaluation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Effect of the long-term wearing of spectacle lenses with highly aspherical lenslets on visual field sensitivity in children with myopia.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Binocular Visual Function in Children Wearing Single-Vision or Highly Aspherical Lenslet Spectacle Lenses Assessed with a Tablet-Based Dichoptic Platform.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Next-Generation Spectacle Lenses for Myopia Control: Optical Designs, Mechanisms, and Clinical Efficacy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- IMI-Interventions for Controlling Myopia Onset and Progression 2025.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Review
- Childhood Myopia Part II: Treatment Mechanisms, Emerging Options, and Considerations.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Review
- Optical influence of myopia control spectacles at the retinal level: Effect of local light modulation.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2025Article
- Research Tendency and Frontiers of Multifocal Lenses in Myopic Control in the Past Two Decades: A Bibliometric Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Astigmatism and maternal myopia as important factors affecting success rate of DIMS lens treatment.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2024Observational
- Exploring the impact of optical corrections on visual functions in myopia control-a scoping review.International ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Optical interventions for myopia control.Eye (London, England) · 2024Review
- IMI-Onset and Progression of Myopia in Young Adults.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023Review
- IMI 2023 Digest.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023Article
- Peripheral Refraction and Visual Function of Novel Perifocal Ophthalmic Lens for the Control of Myopia Progression.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeSpectacle lenses containing multiple small peripheral elements have been developed for myopia control in children. It is important that their effect on vision be quantified by (i) fixation through the peripheral portion, thereby using foveal vision and (ii) by fixation through the central portion and presentation of peripheral targets.
methodsThe above approaches were used in five studies to evaluate two novel spectacle lens designs: spectacle lenses with Highly Aspherical Lenslets (HAL) and Slightly Aspherical Lenslets (SAL). A single vision lens served as a control. Visually normal adults participated in each study. The first two studies had subjects fixate through the periphery of the lenses. High and low (10%) contrast visual acuity was measured with the Freiburg Vision Test and reading speed for high and low contrast words measured with a sentence generator. The other three studies assessed peripheral vision while subjects fixated through the central portion of the lens. Peripheral contrast sensitivity was measured using two cycles per degree drifting Gabor stimuli. Peripheral motion perception was further evaluated using random dot stimuli. Finally, attention was measured using an established test of useful field of view with three levels of complexity.
resultsThe periphery of the HAL lens significantly reduced low contrast visual acuity, but not high contrast visual acuity, while the effect of the SAL lens was not significant for either. Neither test lens affected reading speed for high contrast words, but the HAL lens significantly affected performance for low contrast words. Neither test lens affected peripheral motion perception or useful field of view.
conclusionsLow contrast visual acuity and reading was slightly reduced while high contrast visual acuity was unaffected when fixating through the periphery of the novel lens designs. None of the peripheral measures of vision was affected by the novel lens designs.
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