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  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Frank, Ulrike
A1  - van den Engel-Hoek, Lenie
A1  - Nogueira, Dalia
A1  - Schindler, Antonio
A1  - Adams, Sasha
A1  - Curry, Morgan
A1  - Huckabee, Maggie-Lee
T1  - International standardisation of the test of masticating and swallowing solids in children
JF  - Journal of oral rehabilitation
N2  - The Test of Masticating and Swallowing Solids (TOMASS) is a validated assessment tool measuring the efficiency of solid bolus intake by four quantitative parameters: discrete bites, masticatory cycles, swallows and time to ingest a single cracker. A normative database for adults (20-80+ years) has previously been established. The objective of this study was to investigate the applicability and reliability of the TOMASS in children and adolescents (TOMASS-C) and to establish the normative database for this younger population. We collected data from 638 participants (male: 311, female: 327) in five age groups (4-18 years) with five different but very similar test crackers in four countries. Significant effects of bolus type (cracker), age group and gender on the TOMASS parameters were identified, requiring stratification of the TOMASS-C database by these variables. Intra-rater reliability was excellent (ICC > 0.94) for all parameters; inter-rater reliability was moderate for "number of swallows" (ICC = 0.54), good for "bites" (ICC = 0.78) and "time" (ICC = 0.82), and excellent for "masticatory cycles" (ICC = 0.96). The "Test of Masticating and Swallowing Solids in Children (TOMASS-C)" was identified to be a reliable diagnostic tool for the comprehensive measurement of discrete oral stage components of solid bolus ingestion, standardised by a large normative database that covers age groups from preschoolers to young adults. While differences between gender groups were less pronounced than in the adult population, previous results relating to changes in masticatory and swallowing as a function of age are confirmed by our data.
KW  - mastication
KW  - normative data
KW  - reliability
KW  - solid bolus
KW  - swallowing
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/joor.12728
SN  - 0305-182X
SN  - 1365-2842
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
SP  - 161
EP  - 169
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wilzek, Alexa
A1  - Frank, Ulrike
A1  - van den Engl-Hoek, Lenie
A1  - Huckabee, Maggie-Lee
T1  - Normdatenerhebung für den »Test of Mastication and Swallowing Solids« für Kinder und Jugendliche im Altersbereich von 4 bis 14 Jahren
JF  - Spektrum Patholinguistik (Band 10) - Schwerpunktthema: Panorama Patholinguistik: Sprachwissenschaft trifft Sprachtherapie
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-405195
SN  - 1866-9085
IS  - 10
SP  - 123
EP  - 129
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kaps, Hella
A1  - Frank, Ulrike
A1  - Huckabee, Maggie-Lee
T1  - Test of Masticating and Swallowing Solids (TOMASS)
BT  - Normdatenerhebung an in Deutschland lebenden Erwachsenen im Alter von 20 bis 94 Jahren
JF  - Spektrum Patholinguistik (Band 10) - Schwerpunktthema: Panorama Patholinguistik: Sprachwissenschaft trifft Sprachtherapie
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-405223
SN  - 1866-9085
IS  - 10
SP  - 141
EP  - 156
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -