Mechanics of Myopia Progression and Myopia Development

Dear Colleagues,

There is ongoing interest in the area of myopia development, which has only intensified in recent years given the current epidemic of myopia in urban East Asia and the rising prevalence rates noted elsewhere. Still more concerning has been a recently documented rise in the prevalence of high myopia in locations with high overall prevalence rates, and the associated potential for sight-threatening pathology. These two facts combined have made the search for environmental risk factors to prevent myopia development and methods of slowing progression to prevent high myopia imperative. Most promising has been the finding that time spent outdoors in bright lighting conditions can be protective for myopia development although, contradictory results have been reported regarding the effect of time outdoors on myopia progression.

This Special Issue is inspired by a number of unknowns that still require clarification in this area. Firstly, parameters around light exposure for protection from myopia development requires further exploration, as do other related factors which may yet play a complementary role, such as parental myopia, education and near work. In the area of myopia progression, there are new and promising treatments including; low dosage atropine and orthokeratology. However, of key interest is why environmental factors appear to have a differing role in development and progression of myopia and what the mechanism behind myopic progression is, given the varying progression rates reported in different populations.

The current Special Issue is open to submissions of original articles and review articles on the following and related topics:

• Prevalence, incidence and progression of myopia
• Risk factors associated with the development and progression of myopia
• Novel methods for measuring key risk factors for myopia
• Mechanisms and models of myopia development and progression
• Interventions for myopia prevention or to slow progression

Dr. Amanda French
Guest Editor

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• myopia
• refractive errors
• myopia, degenerative
• prevalence
• incidence
• myopic progression
• outdoor activity
• time outdoors
• environmental exposure
• light
• near work
• education
• actigraphy