Population
1 female excessive exerciser
Design
Case_report
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Recognizing exercise addiction may aid clinical evaluation; leaves open systematic research on its epidemiology and management.
Structured PICO
P
Population
1 female excessive exerciser
O
Outcome
Fulfillment of Brown's (1993) addictive components (salience, tolerance, withdrawal, euphoria, conflict and relapse)
This case study provides empirical support for the existence of exercise addiction by demonstrating that an excessive exerciser fulfills established criteria for behavioral addiction.
Cite This Study
Mark D. Griffiths (1997) studied this question.