The article gives an analysis of the age-specific profiles of retired high-ranking athletes` heart rate variability and psychoemotional status in correlation with the autonomic regulation process in post-retirement adaptation period. Subject to the study were 124 high-ranking retired athletes of both genders with retirement records under 5 years. Group 1 was composed of 65 ex-athletes of 18-21 years of age, and Group 2 included 59 ex-athletes aged 22-25 years. The heart rate variability was rated using the R.M. Bayevskiy Test (2001) with short 5-minute ECG records being obtained. The subjects` psycho-emotional status and stress exposure rates were obtained using the Neurotization and Psychopathization Scale and Reeder Stress Inventory. The study data and analyses made it possible to find the statistically significant changes in the autonomic regulation connected with the psychoemotional status disturbances in the ex-athletes; and this finding urges due medical and psychological service being provided to retired athletes as soon as they retire.
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