Efficiency of Using a Combination of Orthokeratological and Physiotherapeutic Treatment of Myopia in Children of Primary School Age Actively Involved in Sports

Objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of using a combination of the latest generation of orthokeratological lenses (OKL) and physiotherapy treatment for uncomplicated, acquired, slowly progressive, moderate isometropic myopia without astigmatism in primary school children actively involved in sports.

Material and methods. The study included 28 children (56 eyes) diagnosed with uncomplicated, acquired, slowly progressive, moderate isometropic myopia. The full range of treatment included: standard spherical OKLs of the latest generation made of hexafocon with oxygen permeability dk – 100, drug therapy (2.5% phenylephrine hydrochloride solution at night, 1 drop in each eye for 2 weeks every 4 months), physiotherapy (low-intensity infrared laser stimulation of the ciliary muscle, electroophthalmomyostimulation and magnetic stimulation, which were carried out twice during 12 months according to the individual schedule of patients, the course duration was 10 days).

Results. The obtained results of the study indicate that statistically significant achievement of age norms for all studied indicators, except for visual acuity, was achieved among all participants in both the main and control groups at the end of the work (12 months). This result can be associated with the normalization of the accommodative-refractive apparatus of the eye in artificially created conditions of emmetropic refraction. However, it should be emphasized that the achievement of age norms after 6 months of the full treatment complex for all the studied indicators is observed precisely among the participants of the control group, although statistical reliability was achieved only for visual acuity and relative accommodation reserve.

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