TY  - JOUR
A1  - Huckabee, Maggie-Lee
A1  - McIntosh, Theresa
A1  - Fuller, Laura
A1  - Curry, Morgan
A1  - Thomas, Paige
A1  - Walshe, Margaret
A1  - McCague, Ellen
A1  - Battel, Irene
A1  - Nogueira, Dalia
A1  - Frank, Ulrike
A1  - van den Engel-Hoek, Lenie
A1  - Sella-Weiss, Oshrat
T1  - The test of masticating and swallowing solids (TOMASS)
BT  - reliability, validity and international normative data
JF  - International Journal of language & communicaton disorders
N2  - BackgroundClinical swallowing assessment is largely limited to qualitative assessment of behavioural observations. There are limited quantitative data that can be compared with a healthy population for identification of impairment. The Test of Masticating and Swallowing Solids (TOMASS) was developed as a quantitative assessment of solid bolus ingestion. AimsThis research programme investigated test development indices and established normative data for the TOMASS to support translation to clinical dysphagia assessment. Conclusions & ImplicationsThe TOMASS is presented as a valid, reliable and broadly normed clinical assessment of solid bolus ingestion. Clinical application may help identify dysphagic patients at bedside and provide a non-invasive, but sensitive, measure of functional change in swallowing.
KW  - deglutition
KW  - assessment
KW  - mastication
KW  - swallowing
KW  - timed
KW  - solid
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12332
SN  - 1368-2822
SN  - 1460-6984
VL  - 53
IS  - 1
SP  - 144
EP  - 156
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -