Table 3.

Absolute and relative reliability data of various outcomes obtained from different executive function tests before and after acute aerobic cycling exercise for day 2 and 3 comparison

				Day 1 vs. Day 2			Day 2 vs. Day 3
	Day 1 Mean Change score	Day 2 Mean Change score	Day 3 Mean Change score	change in mean [90% CI]	SEM (Typical error) [90% CI]	ICC [90% CI]	change in mean [90% CI]	SEM (Typical error) [90% CI]	ICC [90% CI]
Erikson Flanker Test
reaction time, compatible [ms]	−20.9	−17.4	−24.1	−0.7 [−16.8; 15.4]	29.4 [23.3; 40.3]	0.51 [0.17; 0.73]	5.3 [−9.3; 19.9]	26.7 [21.2; 36.6]	0.71 [0.46; 0.85]
correct response, compatible [%]	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6 [−0.3; 1.5]	1.6 [1.3; 2.2]	0.42 [0.04; 0.67]	−0.6 [−1.5; 0.3]	1.6 [1.3; 2.2]	0.42 [0.04; 0.67]
reaction time, incompatible [ms]	−22.6	−22.2	−10.5	−4.5 [−19.9; 10.9]	28.2 [22.4; 38.6]	0.49 [0.14; 0.72]	10.6 [−3.6; 24.7]	25.9 [20.5; 35.4]	0.26 [−0.14; 0.57]
correct response, incompatible [%]	2.0	0.4	2.0	−1.2 [−3.0; 0.6]	3.2 [2.5; 4.4]	0.25 [−0.15; 0.56]	1.2 [−0.6; 3.0]	3.2 [2.5; 4.4]	0.25 [−0.15; 0.56]
Stroop Color Test
reaction time, neutral [ms]	−105.2	−62.1	−56.9	22.1 [−23.3; 67.5]	83.0 [65.9; 113.8]	0.50 [0.16; 0.73]	19.9 [−20.5; 60.4]	74.0 [58.7; 101.4]	0.24 [−0.17; 0.55]
correct response, neutral [%]	−0.8	−0.2	2.5	0.3 [−1.3; 1.9]	2.9 [2.3; 4.0]	0.36 [−0.03; 0.63]	2.4 [0.8; 4.0]	2.9 [2.3; 3.9]	0.17 [−0.24; 0.50]
reaction time, incongruent [ms]	−108.5	−13.2	4.8	97.4 [−2.5; 197.3]	182.7 [145.1; 250.4]	−0.01 [−0.41; 0.36]	−6.2 [−87.1; 74.7]	148.0 [117.5; 202.8]	−0.16 [−0.55; 0.23]
correct response, incongruent [%]	1.5	−0.1	−0.6	−2.1 [−6.1; 2.0]	7.4 [5.8; 10.1]	−0.13 [−0.52; 0.26]	−0.4 [−3.6; 2.7]	5.7 [4.6; 7.9]	0.00 [−0.41; 0.36]
Digit Span
forward [completed stages]	−0.4	0.1	−0.2	0.3 [−0.4; 1.0]	1.3 [1.0; 1.8]	0.00 [−0.41; 0.37]	−0.3 [−0.8; 0.3]	1.0 [0.8; 1.4]	0.02 [−0.39; 0.38]
forward [cumulative errors]	−0.3	0.05	−0.2	0.3 [−05; 1.0]	1.4 [1.1; 1.9]	−0.37 [−0.72; 0.02]	−0.2 [−0.8; 0.5]	1.2 [0.9; 1.6]	−0.10 [−0.50; 0.28]
backward [completed stages]	0.1	0.1	0.5	−0.1 [−0.9; 0.8]	1.6 [1.3; 2.2]	−0.63 [−0.89; −0.27]	0.5 [−0.2; 1.2]	1.2 [1.0; 1.6]	−0.18 [−0.56; 0.21]
backward [cumulative errors]	−0.4	0.1	0.3	0.5 [−0.2; 1.2]	1.4 [1.1; 1.9]	−0.39 [−0.73; 0.00]	0.2 [−0.5; 0.9]	1.3 [1.0; 1.8]	−0.30 [−0.66; 0.10]
Five-Point-Test
correctly completed figures [n]	4.0	1.5	2.3	−1.7 [−3.1; −0.2]	2.7 [2.1; 3.7]	0.45 [0.08; 0.69]	0.7 [−1.0; 2.3]	3.0 [2.4; 4.1]	0.00 [−0.41; 0.37]
persuasive errors [n]	−0.1	−0.1	−0.2	0.1 [−0.8; 0.9]	1.6 [1.3; 2.2]	0.40 [0.02; 0.66]	−0.2 [−1.2; 0.8]	1.9 [1.5; 2.6]	0.22 [−0.18; 0.54]

All values are given with 90% confidence limits. ICC = intraclass correlation coefficient,, SEM = standard error of measurements