Abstract
The wearing of rigid lenses can result in changes to corneal curvature and the planned, temporary reduction of myopia by wearing flat-fitting rigid lenses (termed orthokeratology) was first reported in the 1960’s [ [1] Jessen G. Orthofocus techniques. Contacto. 1962; 6: 200-204 Google Scholar ]. In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, several studies evaluated this concept and concluded that the reduction in myopia was relatively short-lived, unpredictable, inconsistent and limited to only a low degree of myopia; as such, orthokeratology was largely ignored at this time [ 2 Kerns R.L. Research in orthokeratology. Part III: results and observations. J Am Optom Assoc. 1976; 47: 1505-1515 PubMed Google Scholar , 3 Polse K.A. Orthokeratology as a clinical procedure. Am J Optom Physiol Opt. 1977; 54: 345-346 Crossref PubMed Scopus (6) Google Scholar , 4 Polse K.A. Brand R.J. Schwalbe J.S. Vastine D.W. Keener R.J. The Berkeley orthokeratology study, part II: efficacy and duration. Am J Optom Physiol Opt. 1983; 60: 187-198 Crossref PubMed Scopus (73) Google Scholar ].
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