Talk Description
Dr Emily Woodman-Pieterse presents on Shedding the Light on Myopia Control
Duration: 30 minutes
Synopsis: Light appears to play an important role in eye growth, with increased time outdoors linked with reduced rates of myopia incidence and progression. Experimental evidence in human and animals indicates that the intensity and/or spectral distribution of outdoor light may provide a protective effect against myopia development.
The results of these studies have inspired several commercially available light-therapy treatments that have been proposed as an adjunct therapy to complement existing myopia control strategies, although questions about the safety profile of some treatments remain unanswered.
Learning Objectives
Duration: 30 minutes
Synopsis: Light appears to play an important role in eye growth, with increased time outdoors linked with reduced rates of myopia incidence and progression. Experimental evidence in human and animals indicates that the intensity and/or spectral distribution of outdoor light may provide a protective effect against myopia development.
The results of these studies have inspired several commercially available light-therapy treatments that have been proposed as an adjunct therapy to complement existing myopia control strategies, although questions about the safety profile of some treatments remain unanswered.
Learning Objectives
- Receive a comprehensive overview of the relationship between myopia development and the visual environment.
- Understand how blue- and red-light therapies are being used as an adjunct to traditional myopia control strategies and evaluate the safety profiles of these treatments.
- Discuss the results of public health interventions to increase outdoor light exposure in children can be translated into clinical practice.
Assessment: Click here for details on the 5 Optional MCQS.
