title: Comparison of motor and cognitive performance in infants during the first year of life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare motor and cognitive performance in infants with typical development in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th months after birth.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a repeated-measures study with unequal sample sizes in the follow-up periods, comprising 94 infants born at term. Infants with genetic syndromes, malformations, congenital infections, or hospitalized in intensive care units were excluded. The Bayley Scales of Infant Development II were used for evaluation of cognitive and motor performance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significant differences between motor and cognitive performance at 1, 2, and 3 months. However, at 6, 9, and 12 months, there was no difference between domains.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study suggests that during the first year, development can be synchronous in the 2 areas evaluated by the Bayley Scales of Infant Development II, especially from the sixth month of age onward.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. denise.campos@gmail.com
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Vanda Maria G
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Marilisa M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Guerreiro
authors.forename: Denise C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Maura M F
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Amabile V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: Thatiane Moura
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Campos-Zanelli
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values