Abstract:
Purpose. Previous studies suggest that the refractive status of the peripheral retina may influence the progression of myopia. Our aim was to investigate peripheral refractions in human eyes with high myopia when corrected with a conventional soft spherical contact lens (CL). Methods. Ten young adults with high myopia (over -6.00 D) were investigated. An open-field auto-refractor was used to measure on- and off-axis refractions in primary gaze, with and without a CL, every 5[degrees] out to 20[degrees] horizontally in nasal and temporal retina. Results were analyzed as mean sphere (M) and astigmatic (J0 and J45) vector components. Partial coherence interferometry measures of eye size were also made on- and off-axis at 10 and 20[degrees] in nasal and temporal retina.