Normative Data and Reliability of the Test of Masticating and Swallowing Solids (TOMASS) in Healthy Brazilian Adults
Maria Eduarda Soares Arcaro, Amanda Bressanelli, Vanessa Brzoskowski do Santos, Alice Barbosa, Ed Bice, Maira Rozenfeld Olchik · 2026
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Description
Maria Eduarda Soares Arcaro and co-authors established Brazilian reference values for the TOMASS test, a standardized bedside measure of how efficiently a person chews and swallows a solid cracker. Ninety-nine healthy adults across three age groups were filmed performing the test, which counts bites, chewing cycles, and swallows and times the whole task.
Older adults differed measurably from younger ones. Chewing cycles separated the youngest group from those over sixty. Total time separated the oldest group from both younger groups. Slower, more deliberate eating is normal with age, the data show. Repeated testing of the same people gave reliability ranging from moderate upward, and separate raters scoring the videos agreed consistently. The authors supply the missing Brazilian norms so clinicians can judge swallowing problems against local, age-appropriate expectations rather than imported values.
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| CREATOR | Maria Eduarda Soares Arcaro, Amanda Bressanelli, Vanessa Brzoskowski do Santos, Alice Barbosa, Ed Bice, Maira Rozenfeld Olchik |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |