Abstract

Reduced blur-driven accommodation has been linked to the development and progression of juvenile-onset myopia (Goss, 1991; Goss and Jackson, 1996; Gwiazda et al, 1993, 1995). While both laboratory and clinical studies have reported that this condition occurs concomitantly with progressing myopia, less evidence is available as to whether or not it occurs before myopia onset. Obviously, the identification of predictive factors has important implications for treatment and prevention of myopia, as well as for establishing the temporal order of causal mechanisms.

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