Progressive-addition lenses versus single-vision lenses for slowing progression of myopia in children with high accommodative lag and near esophoria.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine whether progressive-addition lenses (PALs) relative to single-vision lenses (SVLs) slow the progression of low myopia in children with high accommodative lag and near esophoria.

Methods

One hundred eighteen children 8 to <12 years of age with spherical equivalent refraction (SER) from -0.75 to -2.50 D and near esophoria ≥2 PD were enrolled in this double-masked multicenter randomized trial. A key additional eligibility criterion was high accommodative lag, initially defined as at least 0.50 D (accommodative response less than 2.50 D for a 3.00-D demand) and later restricted further to at least 1.00 D. One hundred four subjects had accommodative lag of at least 1.00 D, and 14 had lag between 0.50 and 0.99 D. The children were randomized to receive either

SUBMITTER: Correction of Myopia Evaluation Trial 2 Study Group for the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3088561 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature