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The purpose of this study is to start with the hanging operation, to study the factors influencing the hanging operation heights of elderly people undergoing self-care in a standing posture and to determine the research methods to be used to study the appropriate hanging operation height of the elderly so as to provide data and theoretical support for the functional design scale of storage furniture suitable for the elderly. This study quantifies the situations of elderly people\u2019s hanging operation through an sEMG test performed on 18 elderly people at different hanging heights combined with a subjective evaluation before and after the operation and a curve fitting between the integrated sEMG indexes and the test heights. The test results show that the height of the elderly subjects had a significant effect on the hanging operation, and the main power muscles of the suspension operation were the anterior deltoid, upper trapezius and brachioradialis. Elderly people in different height groups had their own performance of the most comfortable hanging operation ranges. The suitable range for the hanging operation was 1536\u20131728 mm for seniors aged 60 or above whose heights were within the range of 1500\u20131799 mm, which could obtain a better action view and ensure the comfort of the operation. 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