Assessment of global motor performance and gross and fine motor skills of infants attending day care centers.

Objective: To analyze the global motor performance and the gross and fine motor skills of infants attending two public child care centers full-time.

Methods: This was a longitudinal study that included 30 infants assessed at 12 and 17 months of age with the Motor Scale of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (Bayley-III). This scale allows the analysis of global motor performance, fine and gross motor performance, and the discrepancy between them.