Research & Reports

Do you want to offer your patients better care, increase your own industry understanding, and improve your own understanding of the field of myopia? Check out my curated list of research papers that every optician should read.

Curated By: Jason Higginbotham
BSc (Hons) MCOptom Prof Cert Glau Prof Cert Med Ret Prof Cert LV FBDO MBCLA

Myopia Research Database

Title	File Size	Link
IMI – Industry Guidelines and Ethical Considerations for Myopia Control Report.pdf	0.96 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_c84327008a024685b7b268d93e13e486.pdf
IMI – Myopia Control Reports Overview and Introduction.pdf	0.82 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_b742b85b282249d2b119b189b1925d42.pdf
IMI – Clinical Management Guidelines Report.pdf	0.97 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_563b42e4626348598f944f026dc6caea.pdf
IMI – Defining and Classifying Myopia- A Proposed Set of Standards for Clinical and Epidemiologic Studies.pdf	0.61 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_378e0318a3334b998af25db24ff8799e.pdf
Defining-and-Classifying-Myopia-IMI.pdf	0.61 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_e6ee12071ea44f5cb428156099ace9ea.pdf
IMI – Clinical Myopia Control Trials and Instrumentation Report.pdf	1.25 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_51f59052caca4820be1fa345e3eb250a.pdf
Efficacy and safety of interventions to control myopia progression in children- an overview of systematic reviews and metaanalyses.pdf	0.91 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_e364d2c021584a929c64512c8485546d.pdf
Clinical-Myopia-Control-Trials-and-Instrumentation-Report-IMI.pdf	1.25 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_f3465ab6e84c443da3fdddc35bff0a52.pdf
ECOO-Position-Paper-Myopia-May-2021.pdf	0.32 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_740906ed1da140419948a705d6478408.pdf
Clinical-Myopia-Control-IMI.pdf	1.25 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_9cbf069ed4564e3890bd43ab0f645c36.pdf
Clinical-Management-Guidelines-IMI.pdf	0.97 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_2711e3013a6247c4bad55322bf3d5be7.pdf
Acta Ophthalmologica - 2021 - Gajjar - A systematic review of near work and myopia measurement relationships mechanisms.pdf	0.24 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_32cb1e8231844659bb366e27b1e56ad1.pdf
BHVI20190211_IMI_White-Papers-Book-1.pdf	1.74 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_87478bad44094270922231db3831eb8a.pdf
BHVI20190211_IMI_White-Papers-Book-1 (1).pdf	1.78 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_39263c0afae04fafbd48e5f4d910854d.pdf
Myopia_report_020517.pdf	0.7 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_139261ba41a742fd8f1bc1eca9f679e8.pdf
A Prospective Study of Spherical Refractive Error and Ocular Components Among Northern Irish Schoolchildren (The NICER Study).pdf	0.54 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_532b7c0c6b2c4532a999e5ac5573930c.pdf
A_Meta_Analysis_Assessing_Change_in_Pupillary.7.pdf	1.88 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_8d864e7f10024c03aa6a45a0c46ca159.pdf
Update and guidance on management of myopia. European Society of Ophthalmology in cooperation with International Myopia Institute.pdf	1.02 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_ecbb97e5fa40420fb1e7a85aa90a7020.pdf
Systematic review and meta-analysis of myopia prevalence in African school children.pdf	1.74 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_2ae5391057c5483aa82941c25a0f637c.pdf
The Complications of Myopia- A Review and Meta-Analysis.pdf	3.55 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_a614ec1683b54d848cfd3bc8c319f88e.pdf
Report-on-Experimental-Models-IMI.pdf	3.96 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_6dfc3f04f3134b10b62339d8a6d1978d.pdf
Myopia-genetics-report-IMI.pdf	1.45 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_b4adf02ecc1f47118502f816e8b7afd6.pdf
Interventions to control myopia progression in children- protocol for an overview of systematic reviews and metaanalyses.pdf	0.36 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_6649130bc97140a28ab854b375c2e5a7.pdf
Multiple Factors Causing Myopia a mini review.pdf	0.54 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_03ade76da9a74f6d8ccc7281d4e885a2.pdf
MOSAIC.pdf	1.47 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_82b6a57e7f744f88b56c57fa3d35c7c0.pdf
Lights Should Support Circadian Rhythms- Evidence-Based Scientific Consensus.pdf	0.37 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_2f97ddc1b8ef4afca80a63243150893e.pdf
Knowledge perspectives and clinical practices of Australian optometrists in relation to childhood myopia.pdf	0.96 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_90445f78e01c41ebac1b11ae27e39a17.pdf
LAMP_phase2.pdf	1.31 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_c6712e8876924883ac9ddd9b0cfb93bd.pdf
Jones-IMIreport-Industryguidelinesandethicalconsiderations-IOVS2019.pdf	0.64 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_bcc03931add84f4dbce51310432627fa.pdf
Interventions-IMI.pdf	1.05 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_9c0a621f05ba4e67b48dd695df881056.pdf
Interventions to slow progression of myopia in children (Review).pdf	1.93 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_0ea760259faf4c7f8e241d824659fdd1.pdf
International-Myopia-Institute-European-Society-Ophthalmology-European-Journal-Ophthalmology-Update-and-guidance-on-management-of-myopia-March21.pdf	0.73 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_bd394fb8e06044a5ba6197b44880ddc3.pdf
IMI-Myopia-Control-Reports-Overview-and-Introduction.pdf	0.85 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_7cb022ee261d440ba89eea8755d95e5b.pdf
Interventions for myopia control in children- a living systematic review and network meta-analysis (Review).pdf	2.42 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_203b55f5906145ca957a5ea613036d52.pdf
IMI White Papers.pdf	4.22 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_2c03f3b770994c2e830a7636a3279d04.pdf
Industry-Guidelines-Myopia-IMI.pdf	0.96 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_ad730aaa737f4cbc98bee3911a14b471.pdf
IMI-slides-for-website.pdf	4.22 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_dbf674318d57481a98909f9918069023.pdf
IMIMyopiaControlReportsOverviewandIntroduction.pdf	0.91 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_9903d517d882487b840ea62b17972966.pdf
IMI-Editorial-Myopia-A-21st-Century-Public-Health-Issue.pdf	0.14 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_761b7af0c5c1445187e8fcb117b16839.pdf
IMI-Clinical-Myopia-Control-Trials-and-Instrumentation-Report_FINALv2.pdf	0.29 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_dcc1ca3305ed4e45a6d66263765908a4.pdf
IMI Pathologic Myopia.pdf	9.91 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_9b0384f356a748b8aa3cf82f8fbdeadc.pdf
IMI Reports.pdf	0.81 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_68cae8b0c550432d9e146408d0e6db19.pdf
IMI Risk Factors for Myopia.pdf	0.52 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_cfea84e8286c43598825c807e9214457.pdf
IMI reflections in cliniical practice.pdf	0.21 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_0e61c3abd7b248e683fc387d2cd41e30.pdf
IMI Prevention of Myopia and Its Progression.pdf	0.31 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_8dc37a16fe6f463d84450cabc83ef0f0.pdf
IMI Impact of Myopia.pdf	0.92 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_327389607aac48c899b223e1cd095c1d.pdf
IMI Facts & Findings Infographic_Ledger.pdf	0.59 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_733c493a658541d1aa726f25b4098616.pdf
IMI Facts & Findings Infographic_V13.jpg	1.49 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_3c0d07180fe7445697204fafc5670e80~mv2.jpg
IMI Facts & Findings Infographic_Letter.pdf	0.57 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_8123d0b810934c6d9729d1b9095724d4.pdf
IMI Facts & Findings Infographic_A4.pdf	0.57 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_7a4b80fa9b3e465a85140a0cee8d8cee.pdf
IMI Accommodation and Binocular Vision in Myopia Development and Progression.pdf	0.97 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_05fbc8e11d8240ca86d57a83192b50b0.pdf
IMI Facts & Findings Infographic_A3.pdf	0.59 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_817ec1666aab4f8ea3ffc4fca0ecb265.pdf
IMI – Report on Experimental Models of Emmetropization and Myopia.pdf	3.95 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_3202c5bad214490eaa5f85cd1c642e95.pdf
IMI Facts & Findings Infographic_A2.pdf	0.62 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_06fb9b745bfa4088b66e5bca88579857.pdf
IMI Accomm and Binoc Myopia.pdf	0.97 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_30302807650345edab6a8975feebdff4.pdf
IMI 2021 Reports and Digest – Reflections on the Implications for Clinical Practice.pdf	0.21 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_29052eb7670a43feaec01abda153ee87.pdf
IMI 2021 Yearly Digest.pdf	0.93 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_c8f9494612644771ad4f42a5d9b34b67.pdf
IMI – Myopia Genetics Report.pdf	1.45 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_bdc0f6e7af1f4703a94edbd10f087c66.pdf
IMI – Interventions for Controlling Myopia Onset and Progression Report.pdf	1.05 MB	https://9ef75cbd-2105-42bf-ad13-b31f72d43cc9.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ef75c_8f8d1e2a24e64204a65e4186d6649195.pdf