Sit-to-stand (STS) movement is a very common task for the elderly and the patients with lower limb dysfunction in daily life. We hope to summarize the methods of STS experiment and the factors affecting STS, and provide a reference for future STS experimental researches. We selected the relevant STS experimental studies, analyzed and compared the methods and results of these studies, and the suggestions for future research were made. In the exploration of STS movement experiment, human biomechanical data, kinematic data, kinetic data, time and subjective evaluation of subjects are all important indicators reflecting STS performance. External factors, individual factors of subjects and STS strategies also have a significant impact on the movement performance of STS. Simulation of human body can eliminate the influence of subjective factors on the movement of human body, and set anthropometry parameters more conveniently. We found that the influences of folding arms, hand support and knee support modes on STS need to be explored deeply. The appropriate weight reduce ratio for rehabilitation training system need to further study. We need to continue to explore new technologies to find the methods to create a human biomechanical model with higher simulation degree, improving the accuracy of the simulation.