Table 1. Research using different terminologies for the pathological exercise.

Terms used in the title of published papers listed on two scholastic databases	Number of studies found on PubMed and Google Scholar in May 2015
Exercise addiction	PubMed 18, Scholar 158
Exercise dependence	PubMed 56, Scholar 256
Compulsive exercise	PubMed 17, Scholar 70
Obligatory exercise	PubMed 7, Scholar 47
Exercise abuse	PubMed 2, Scholar 9