Nearwork-induced transient myopia and parental refractive error.

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between parental refractive error and the nearwork-induced transient myopia (NITM) characteristics of their children.

Methods: Three hundred sixty children (173 boys and 187 girls) aged 6 to 17 years were tested. Initial NITM and its decay time (DT) were assessed objectively (WAM-5500, Grand-Seiko) immediately after binocularly viewing and performing a sustained near task (5 diopters [D]) for 5 minutes, incorporating a cognitive demand with full distance refractive correction in place.

Optic disc measurements in myopia with optical coherence tomography and confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy.

Purpose: To evaluate the relationships between optic disc measurements, obtained by an optical coherence tomograph and a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope, and myopia.

Methods: One hundred thirty-three eyes from 133 healthy subjects with mean spherical equivalent -6.0 +/- 4.