Concerted use of noninvasive neuromodulation device with exoskeleton to enable voluntary movement and greater muscle activation when stepping in a chronically paralyzed subject

A method for assisting a human subject with one or more functions, the human subject having at least one of:

• a spinal cord injury, a brain injury, and a neurodegenerative pathology, and the one or more functions comprising at least one of:
• postural stabilization, postural strength, locomotor activity, locomotor strength, reaching activity, and reaching strength, said method comprising:
• applying transcutaneous stimulation to at least one of:
• a spinal cord, a brainstem, a brain, and sacral nerves of said subject, thereby activating neural networks of the spinal cord;
• utilizing an exoskeletal system to expose said subject to proprioceptive signals associated with at least one of:
• postural changes, weight bearing, locomotor activity, and reaching;
• and
• whereby utilizing a combination of the transcutaneous stimulation and the exoskeletal system assists said subject in said one or more functions.