Stress resistance to emotional tension condition in elite athletes abstract

Abstract

The characteristics of stress resistance and emotional tension in elite athletes were studied. 19 elite athletes (12 athletes at age of 19-24 and 7 athletes aged 27-31); members of the Ukrainian National Team in Greco-Roman wrestling took part in the research. The balance of nervous system, stress tolerance and state of autonomic regulation of the heart rhythm were studied. The results of the study are shows that athletes in younger age group (19-24) have higher level of performance of cognitive functions. Apart of it, it was indicated that athletes in a younger age group has the balance of nervous processes to acceleration and deceleration. Psycho emotional load leads to decline of average meanings of cardio intervals (Mean RR), the increase of low-frequency (VLF) and high-frequency (HF) heart rate variations in older age group. This fact indicates the influence to sinus node the central contour of regulation in the situations of psycho emotional tension with simultaneous activation parasympathetic link of vegetative regulation.